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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">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><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&quot;Calibri&quot;,&quot;sans-serif&quot;">The Crystal Skipper: North Carolina&#39;s Newest Butterfly Species</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.xerces.org_blog_the-2Dcrystal-2Dskipper-2Dnorth-2Dcarolinas-2Dnewest-2Dbutterfly-2Dspecies_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=1BNYVat9AQIRprTrYbZksQKkfL_nnMUcighwv6f6eqw&s=3OoxnwHL8V1rcVgdq76ELBejU12NykOPBUEqnuYGFT0&e=">http://www.xerces.org/blog/the-crystal-skipper-north-carolinas-newest-butterfly-species/</a></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Enjoy!</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Matthew</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">________</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Matthew Shepherd</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">, Communications Director</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation     </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Protecting the Life that Sustains Us</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Stay in touch:     </span><b><span style="color:#00b0f0"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.xerces.org_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=1BNYVat9AQIRprTrYbZksQKkfL_nnMUcighwv6f6eqw&s=3pNAPMPkVyKKAxn82HqRGp2iUNBJLwtX3qjUz9IG4E0&e="><span style="color:#00b0f0">xerces.org</span></a></span></b>      <b><u><span style="color:#00b050"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.xerces.org_blog_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=1BNYVat9AQIRprTrYbZksQKkfL_nnMUcighwv6f6eqw&s=rPPHo9NkpWQWqOLTxCiy8M1cgb6GWQdUmqCxFIR9r9w&e="><span style="color:#00b050">Xerces blog</span></a></span></u></b>      <b><span style="color:#984806"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.xerces.org_enewsletters_&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=1BNYVat9AQIRprTrYbZksQKkfL_nnMUcighwv6f6eqw&s=oGi9qk8f_8iAYRZ-nhh2Ypnka7UjahUciUy1TnTlrto&e="><span style="color:#984806">E-newsletter</span></a></span></b>      <b><span style="color:#17365d"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.facebook.com_pages_The-2DXerces-2DSociety_193182577358618&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=1BNYVat9AQIRprTrYbZksQKkfL_nnMUcighwv6f6eqw&s=2eV3Z_I3qY1XNW3nc5bs5jmvsTKOCmwFl4pAWU8qGBg&e="><span style="color:#17365d">Facebook</span></a></span></b>      <b><span style="color:#0070c0"><a href="https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__twitter.com_xerces-5Fsociety&d=AwMFaQ&c=-dg2m7zWuuDZ0MUcV7Sdqw&r=tVAKMFPe3UCcsMWUFXo0FeX0xe1JUAj77B74DAI3DKI&m=1BNYVat9AQIRprTrYbZksQKkfL_nnMUcighwv6f6eqw&s=LcfAay5ihROpS9K4HL07StDun4TMS5z-Cfnk_3PEoK0&e="><span style="color:blue">Twitter</span></a></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">628 NE Broadway, Ste 200, Portland, OR 97232-1324, USA</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Tel: (503) 232-6639 ext. 110; Toll free: 1-855-232 6639 ext. 110; Cell: (503) 807-1577</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0070c0"><a href="mailto:mdshepherd@xerces.org"><span style="color:#0070c0">m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