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This database and interactive web atlas would not have been possible without the data collected throughout the past century from all over the Commonwealth of Virginia. The data come from a wide range of personnel, from trained scientists to amateur naturalists.

The content for this atlas was amassed, organized and validated based on historical and current data by staff of the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Division of Natural Heritage. In addition to literature accounts, museum records, and staff field notes, many records came from individuals willing to share their observations with us. Our thanks to:

Tom Allen	Connie Grimm	Eric Quinter
Richard Anderson	Richard Groover	Andy Rabin
Allen Barlow	Paul Hammond	Don Schwab
Paul Bedell	Mike Hayslett	Dale Schweitzer
Allen Belden	John Hyatt	Karen Sheffield
Frank Boyle	Teta Kain	Amos Showalter
Larry Brindza	Clyde Kessler	Rob Simpson
Allen Bryan	Leroy Koehn	Jeff Slotten
Jim Childress	Boris Kondratieff	Dick Smith
Charles Covell	Ken Lebo	Mike Smith
David Cox	David Liebman	Mike Stinson
Jerrell Daigle	Larry Lynch	Gerald Straley
Bruce Dixon	Tom McAvoy	Bo Sullivan
Mike Donahue	Maryella Mitchell	Bill Supulski
Sid Dunkle	Kevin Munroe	Brian Taber
Gary Graves	Paul Opler	Jim Waggener
Bruce Grimes	Harry Pavulaan	Anne Wright

We would like to thank the following museums and universities for making their collections available to us:

American Museum of Natural History	Old Dominion University
Carnegie Museum of Natural History	Radford University
Colorado State University	U.S. National Museum of Natural History
Cornell University Insect Collection	Virginia Military Institute
Florida Museum of Natural History	Virginia Museum of Natural History
Florida State Collection of Arthropods	Virginia Tech
North Carolina State University	West Virginia University

The fact sheets were written and reviewed collaboratively by a team that included volunteers (E. Adams, P. Bedell, T. Kain, and A. Newton) and DCR-DNH staff (A. Chazal, S. Roble, T.P. Smith, and A. Moon).

Copyright Information

Photographs are courtesy of P. Bedell, A. Belden, A. Bryan, S. Collins, D. Cox, S. Garriock, K. Larsen, K. Lebo, L. Lynch, M. Ready, J. Weintraub, and DCR-DNH staff.

All images/photographs on this web site are copyrighted, and they cannot be copied, reproduced, or used in any way without the author's permission. Usage fees may be charged. Contact information for photographers is available by contacting us.

Written information contained in the species accounts is available for public use. We ask that you cite this resource when using information from this web site as follows:

Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation - Division of Natural Heritage and Virginia Department Wildlife Resources. 2013. Atlas of Rare Butterflies, Skippers, Moths, Dragonflies, and Damselflies of Virginia. Accessed at www.vararespecies.org on [date accessed].

This web site was developed by a team at the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, in the Public Communications Office and Division of Natural Heritage.

Funding Source

Finally, this project was completed with funds provided by the Virginia Department Wildlife Resources through a State Wildlife Grant from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.