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The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (Xerces Society) is a non-profit environmental organization that focuses on the conservation of invertebrates considered to be essential to biological diversity and ecosystem health. It is named in honor of an extinct California butterfly, the Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces). The organization was founded by butterfly scientist Robert Michael Pyle from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and was reincorporated with the Oregon Secretary of State on April 14, 1988.

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  • Xerces Society (ca)
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  • Xerces Society és una sense ànim de lucre que se centra en la conservació dels invertebrats considerats essencials per a la diversitat biològica i la . El nom és en honor de l'extinta papallona californiana, el xerces blau (Glaucopsyche xerces). L'organització va ser fundada pel científic expert en papallones Robert Michael Pyle de la Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, i es va reincorporar a la secretaria de l'Estat d'Oregon el 14 d'abril de 1988. (ca)
  • Die Xerces Society ist eine gemeinnützige Naturschutzorganisation, die sich der Erhaltung von Insekten widmet, die als wichtig für die Biodiversität und die Intaktheit von Ökosystemen betrachtet werden. Der Name leitet sich vom Xerces-Bläuling (Glaucopsyche xerces) ab, der nur in einem kleinen Gebiet in Kalifornien vorkam und seit den 1940er Jahren als ausgestorben gilt. Die Organisation wurde 1971 vom Lepidopterologen von der Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies gegründet und am 14. April 1988 beim Oregon Secretary of State als gemeinnützige Gesellschaft registriert. (de)
  • The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (Xerces Society) is a non-profit environmental organization that focuses on the conservation of invertebrates considered to be essential to biological diversity and ecosystem health. It is named in honor of an extinct California butterfly, the Xerces blue (Glaucopsyche xerces). The organization was founded by butterfly scientist Robert Michael Pyle from Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, and was reincorporated with the Oregon Secretary of State on April 14, 1988. (en)
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  • Xerces Society (en)
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