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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/12/15 17:47, Matthew Shepherd
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We’re
really happy to publish a blog by Allison Leidner about the
crystal skipper, a butterfly that lives on barrier islands
lining North Carolina’s coast. The skipper had no official
name until last week, when it was published as a new
species,<i> Atrytonopsis quinteri</i>, in the scientific
literature. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Allison
spent five years studying the crystal skipper—and how it was
coping with development-driven habitat fragmentation—for her
PhD at North Carolina State University. It’s especially nice
to publish this blog because Allison received a DeWind Award
from the Xerces Society to support her studies. We give two
DeWind Awards each year to support research into
conservation of butterflies and moths.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The
Crystal Skipper: North Carolina's Newest Butterfly Species</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy!</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matthew</p>
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Thank you very much for that information on this fascinating new
butterfly.<br>
The paper which describes it is, for those interested, available
here.<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/2010s/2015/2015-69-4-275.pdf">http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/2010s/2015/2015-69-4-275.pdf</a><br>
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Neil Jones<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:neil@aurinia.co.uk">neil@aurinia.co.uk</a><br>
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