THE TOLEDO ZOO HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THE MITCHELL'S SATYR BUTTERFLY (MSB), NEONYMPHYA MITCHELLII MITCHELLII, IN COLLABORATION WITH THE MITCHELL'S SATYR WORKING GROUP (MSWG) SINCE 2003. HUSBRANDY AND BREEDING PROTOCOLS WERE DEVELOPED THROUGH WORKING WITH THE EYED-BROWN, SATYRODES EURYDICE, AND IMPLEMENTED WITH THE MSB. IN A BIO-SECURE REARING FACILITY, THE TOLEDO ZOO MAINTAINS A CAPTIVE BREEDING POPULATION OF MSBS AS WELL AS REARS MSBS FROM EGG TO ADULT FOR AUGMENTATION AND REINTRODUCTIONS.THESE FUNDS WILL ALLOW TOLEDO ZOO TO MAINTAIN THE CAPTIVE BREEDING POPULATION OF MITCHELL'S SATYRS AS WELL AS S UPPORT THEIR EFFORTS TO BREED AND REAR BUTTERFLIES FROM EGG TO ADULT FOR RELEASE FOR THE 2022 FIELD SEASON. THE GOAL IS TO AUGMENT MITCHELL'S SATYR POPULATIONS AS WELL AS REINTRODUCE MITCHELL'S SATYRS TO NEW SITES TO REDUCE THE RISK OF EXTINCTION OF THIS ENDANGERED ANIMAL.