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A Comprehensive Annotated List of the Butterflies

(Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)

Occurring in the Sheyenne National Grassland

Richland and Ransom Counties, North Dakota

Ronald Alan Royer, Ph.D.
Professor in the Division of Science
Minot State University

This list is the product of a project conducted under cooperative agreement between Minot State University and the Northern Prairie Science Center of the National Biological Service, U. S. Department of Interior. Field work for the project was completed between May and August, 1995. A primary objective of the project was production of a comprehensive, site-specific butterfly list that could serve as a basis for future monitoring of butterfly populations, and as an aid to management decisions in the Sheyenne National Grassland.

Study Area and Methods of Sampling; Format of Listings
Butterflies of the Sheyenne National Grasslands, North Dakota: The Skippers (Family Hesperiidae); The Swallowtails (Family Papilionidae); The Whites and Sulphurs (Family Pieridae); The Gossamer Wings (Family Lycaenidae); The Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae); The Emperors (Family Apaturidae); The Satyrs & Wood Nymphs (Family Satyridae); The Milkweed Butterflies (Family Danaidae)

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A Comprehensive Annotated List of the Butterflies

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