Polyommatus shchurovi sp.n. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the altitude areas of Western Caucasus

Polyommatus shchurovi sp. n. from the 3,000 m above sea level in the mountains of the Western Caucasus is described and compared to related taxa from which it differs in habitus, structure of male and female genitalia, and the number of antenna segment

A new subspecies of Polyommatus elena Stradomsky et Arzanov, 1999 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the subalpine belt of West Caucasia

A new subspecies of Polyommatus elena fominae ssp. n. is described from the subalpine belt of West Caucasia (2400 m). The new subspecies is distinct both from nominotypical subspecies and other species of Polyommatus (s. str.) by its gnathos arms protruding above uncus lobes. The paper presents photographs of genitalia of a typical series of the new subspecie

Comparative characteristics of some taxa of Polyommatus eros-group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with a description of P. pacificus Stradomsky et Tuzov, sp. n.

Evidence supporting separate species status are presented for Polyommatus eroides (Frivaldszky, 1835) from the Balkan Peninsula and P. boisduvalii (HerrichSchäffer, 1844) from the central part of European Russia. P. pacificus Stradomsky et Tuzov, sp. n. from the Russian Pacific coast, Primorsky Prov., is describe

Relic elements in Lepidoptera-fauna of the steppe zone of Southern Russia. II.

In the second part of the article 31 species of Lepidoptera known from the Rostov-on-Don area were observed. They are, from the following families: Noctuidae, Geometridae, Sphingidae, Lycaenidae, Pieridae, Cossidae, Zygaenidae, Lecithoceridae, Tineidae. They belong to 8 relic and pseudorelic groups: calcareophyllous and petrophyllous pseudo-relicts, halophyte deserts pseudorelicts, east-Asian steppe pseudo-relicts, xerothermic steppe pseudo-relicts of the early Holocene, xerothermic Mediterranean relicts of the early Holocene, conditionalrelicts, pseudo-relic complex of stony steppe, Caucasus forest relict of the early Holocene. Disjunction of areas, rare occurrence and degradation of zonal populations by anthropogenous factors are characteristic for the pseudorelicts. In particular, rare steppe endemic species, for which natural habitats are being destroyed, become pseudorelict

Taxonomy of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of south of Russia: molecular genetic and morphological aspects

The author conducted a comprehensive study of mitochondrial (COI) and nuclear (ITS2) DNA loci of representatives of the family Lycaenidae (Southern Russia and the North Caucasus) and the structural features of their genitali

Taxonomy of allied species Plebeius argyrognomon (Bergsträsser, [1779]), P. maracandicus (Erschoff, 1874) and P. caspicus (Forster, 1936) stat. n. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

An analysis of male genitalia has supported the opinion that to species Plebeius maracandicus (Erschoff, 1874) belong the P. m. transbaicalensis (Kuznetzov, 1970) and P. m. jakuticus (Kuznetzov, 1970). Also the taxonomic status of subspecies P. m. caspicus is changed to the range of species: P. caspicus (Forster, 1936) stat. n

The developmental stages of Plebejidea loewii (Zeller, 1847) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

The developmental stages of Plebejidea loewii (Zeller, 1847) distributed in the Greater Caucasus is studied

A new subspecies of Callophrys chalybeitincta Sovinsky, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the lower Don river

A new subspecies Callophrys chalybeitincta nigra subsp. n. is described from the lower Don River as a northern representative of this Caucasian species. The new subspecies has a few peculiar features that differ it from related taxones. Figures of genitalia are provide

The developmental stages of some blue butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Russian South. Part II

The authors studied the developmental stages of eight species of blue butterflies (Lycaenidae) that inhabit the south of European part of Russia (Rostov and Volgograd Regions and the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range): Lycaena phlaeas (Linnaeus 1761), Glaucopsyche alexis (Poda, 1761), Plebejus argus (Linnaeus, 1758), Plebejus maracandicus (Erschoff, 1874), 1775), Polyommatus bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775), Polyommatus amandus (Schneider, 1792), Polyommatus eros (Ochsenheimer, 1808), Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)