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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:"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><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><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><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></p><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><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://www.xerces.org/blog/the-crystal-skipper-north-carolinas-newest-butterfly-species/">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="http://www.xerces.org/"><span style="color:#00b0f0">xerces.org</span></a></span></b> <b><u><span style="color:#00b050"><a href="http://www.xerces.org/blog/"><span style="color:#00b050">Xerces blog</span></a></span></u></b> <b><span style="color:#984806"><a href="http://www.xerces.org/enewsletters/"><span style="color:#984806">E-newsletter</span></a></span></b> <b><span style="color:#17365d"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Xerces-Society/193182577358618"><span style="color:#17365d">Facebook</span></a></span></b> <b><span style="color:#0070c0"><a href="https://twitter.com/xerces_society"><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">mdshepherd@xerces.org</span></a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation is an international nonprofit organization that protects wildlife through the conservation of invertebrates and their habitat. To join the Society, make a donation, or read about our work, please visit <span style="color:#0070c0"><a href="http://www.xerces.org/"><span style="color:#0070c0">www.xerces.org</span></a></span>.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>