Professor Richard Fox

"The extreme droughts in 1976 and 1995 had severe impacts on butterfly populations, with some species never fully recovering."

"So many are already struggling for survival without these extreme weather pressures."

"With increasingly hot, dry summers and droughts predicted to become more and more frequent due to climate breakdown, degraded habitats and already depleted butterfly populations, some species may be pushed further and faster towards extinction, which is a very sombre thought."