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Burns, J. 2015. Speciation in an insular sand dune habitat: Atrytonopsis (Hesperiidae: Hesperiinae) - mainly from the southwestern United States and Mexico - off the
Carolina coast. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 69(4):275-292.
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A formal common name has not been given for this species, but the most frequently used one is the crystal skipper. It is called the crystal skipper because it is native to the section of the North
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stage from mid-April to mid-May. Adults from this brood mate and the females then lay eggs. The eggs hatch into caterpillars, which feed, grow and then undergo pupation to form a chrysalis. After
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Burns, J. 2000. A striking new species of skipper butterfly on the North
Carolina coast. 51st Annual Meeting of the Lepidopterists Society, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
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Genetics 11:2311-2320.
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