[Leps-l] The Crystal Skipper: North Carolina's Newest Butterfly Species

[Walsh, James Bruce - (jbwalsh)]

This is very nice work.  Congrats to Allison and an excellent funding choice by Xerces

Bruce Walsh
Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Professor, Public Health
Professor, BIO5 Institute
Professor, Plant Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences
Adjunct Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Arizona
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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, Atrytonopsis quinteri, in the scientific literature.



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.



The Crystal Skipper: North Carolina's Newest Butterfly Species
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Enjoy!

Matthew

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