The petition (WildEarth Guardians 2010, p. 6) suggests that the historical range for some of the petitioned butterflies has been reduced due to loss and mismanagement of riparian and aquatic habitats, including springs and seeps, in northern Nevada (Sada et al. 1992, p. 76; Noss et al. 1995, p. 76; Brussard et al. 1998, pp. 531-532; Sada et al. 2001, pp. 11-16; Sada 2008, pp. 49-50), and Californi