After several years it’s more offical now for the Crystal Skipper. (Atrytonopsis quinteri). See:
http://images.peabody.yale.edu/lepsoc/jls/2010s/2015/2015-69-4-275.pdf
Wikipedia notes: The Crystal Skipper (Atrytonopsis quinteri) is a newly identified butterfly (family Hesperiidae) that is found only along a 30-mile (50 km) stretch of barrier islands in North Carolina. The skipper was first discovered in 1978 and the official paper describing it as a full species was published in 2015.
The Crystal Skipper is endemic to Bogue Banks and Bear Island in North Carolina, USA. Bogue Banks is approximately 25 miles long and Bear Island is about 3.5 miles long. The skipper is also found on several human-made dredge spoil islands within the vicinity of these two natural barrier islands.[2]
Bear Island, part of Hammocks Beach State Park, is completely undeveloped and has the largest skipper population. The second largest population is at Fort Macon State Park, on the eastern end of Bogue Banks. The remaining populations are smaller and scattered between these two state parks.
Click to enlarge – Taken at Fort Macon SP, NC 05-03-2015
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Now we’ll see how long it takes the nabobs of NABA to come on board with this new species — we still can’t find Appalachian Tiger Swallowtail or several of the azures
Rick,
I’m not going to hold my breath waiting for NABA.