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Lepidoptera rhopalocera in the core of the transboundary biosphere territory “Altai:” Peculiarities of the fauna and population

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Migration pathways of butterflies in Southeast Altai (the core of the Transboundary biosphere territory “Altai”) in the spring and summer seasons of 1990 and over the period of 1995–2006 were analyzed. The density of the population was assessed, and specific features of the butterfly distribution among four high-altitude belts (alpine tundra, subalpine, forest, and steppe) were revealed. Eighty-five habitats were examined and butterfly migration pathways were recorded for 359 hours of route surveys with a total length of 875 km. More than 16.5 thousand individuals belonging to 6 families, 66 genera and 107 species were recorded. The total species abundance of butterflies was found to be maximal in the forest belt; the highest population density was recorded in the alpine-tundra belt. The results obtained indicate that the basic differences among the butterfly populations are determined by the thermal conditions related to the altitude and, to a lesser degree, the degree of forestation. The distribution of most butterfly species over the transboundary territory is primarily determined by the recent environmental conditions, in particular the aridity of the tundra-steppe belt.

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Original Russian Text © A.V. Bondarenko, 2009, published in Zoologicheskii Zhurnal, 2009, Vol. 88, No. 6, pp. 672–684.

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Bondarenko, A.V. Lepidoptera rhopalocera in the core of the transboundary biosphere territory “Altai:” Peculiarities of the fauna and population. Entmol. Rev. 89, 407–419 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0013873809040046

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