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Deloneura immaculata
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Deloneura
Species:	†D. immaculata
Binomial name
†Deloneura immaculata Trimen, 1868

Deloneura immaculata, the Mbashe River buff, is a possibly extinct species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is assumed to be (or to have been) endemic to the densely forested Mbhashe River area of the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Searches subsequent to its discovery however failed to yield any trace of it.

Only three female specimens have ever been collected, all by Colonel James Henry Bowker, in 1863-64. The specimens are held in the South African Museum in Cape Town, and the Natural History Museum in London.

References

1. Williams, M.C. (2020). "Deloneura immaculata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T6331A168301470. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T6331A168301470.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. Williams, Mark C. "Subtribe Epitolina". Afrotropical Butterflies and Skippers. Archived from the original (DOC) on 2018-06-27. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
3. Deloneura at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
4. ^ Dixon, Robyn (July 17, 2013). "South Africa butterfly hunters: A rare breed". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 6 September 2013.

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• Extinct insects since 1500
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• Taxa named by Roland Trimen
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