Hampshire New Forest Burnet (Zygaena viciae ssp. ytenensis)
This subspecies of the widespread New Forest Burnet was described in 1888; it was restricted to nine colonies that were distributed in woodland clearings in Hampshire County at the southern coast of England, Great Britain.
The Hampshire New Forest Burnet was last seen in 1927 and is now extinct; the main reasons for its extinction are the destruction of suitable habitat but even more so the extreme pressure from collectors, some of whom removed all of the adult specimens from certain populations and thus completely destroyed them.
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edited: 25.02.2024