Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, 12-month finding on a petition to list
four subspecies of Great Basin butterflies as endangered or threatened species:
Notice of 12-month petition finding, published Sept. 4, 2012, finding made Sept. 4,
2012
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After a 12-month review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finds that the petition to
list four subspecies of Great Basin butterflies (White River Valley skipper (Hesperia
uncas grandiosa), Steptoe Valley crescentspot (Phyciodes cocyta arenacolor), Baking
Powder Flat blue butterfly (Euphilotes bernardino minuta), and bleached sandhill
skipper (Polites sabuleti sinemaculata)) in Nevada as endangered or threatened
species under the Endangered Species Act does not provide scientific and commercial
information indicating that listing these four butterfly and skipper subspecies is
warranted at this time.
Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants, 12-month finding on a petition to list
the mardon skipper as threatened or endangered: Notice of 12-month petition
finding, published Sept. 4, 2012, finding made Sept. 4, 2012
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After a 12-month review, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service finds that the petition to
list the mardon skipper (Polites mardon) as a threatened or endangered species
under the Endangered Species Act does not provide scientific and commercial
information indicating that listing this species is warranted at this time. At its
discretion, after additional review of the subspecies Polites mardon mardon and
Polites mardon klamathensis, the USFWS finds that listing for these subspecies is
also not warranted at this time.