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Archive Home > 2008 > December > 21 > More threatened butterflies found, tantalizing researchers

More threatened butterflies found, tantalizing researchers

With discoveries in Oregon and California, feds upgrade the Mardon skipper’s status

By Keith Chu / The Bulletin
December 21, 2008

WASHINGTON — No one ever paid much attention to Mardon skipper.

It’s not brightly colored.

When it flies, it stays close to the ground.

And it does most of its fluttering earlier in the year than other butterflies. Maybe that’s how the small, brownish butterfly....

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