New and noteworthy records of Plants, Lichens and Lepidoptera in Altai Territory and Republic of Altai (Southern Siberia)

Abstract

New localities for six species of plants (Achillea schmakovii, Botrychium lunaria, Cystopteris altajensis, Euphrasia altaica, Agrostis tuvinica and Calamagrostis × thyrsoidea), five species of lichens (Bacidina phacodes, Leptogium burnetiae, Melanelixia albertana, Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla, Tetramelas chloroleucus) and nine species of Lepidoptera (Parnassius apollo, Lampides boeticus, Limenitis sydyi, Maniola jurtina, Erebia kindermanni, Eudia pavonia, Proserpinus proserpina, Macroglossum stellatarum, Catocala elocata) are reported for Altai Territory and Republic of Altai. Lichens Bacidina phacodes, Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla, Tetramelas chloroleucus and Lepidoptera Lampides boeticus, Maniola jurtina, Proserpinus proserpina and Catocala elocata are reported as new for Altai Territory, Macroglossum stellatarum and Limenitis sydyi are new for the Republic of Altai. Localities and ecological preferences are indicated for each species.

Acta Biologica Sibirica 9: 243–264 (2023)

Corresponding author: Roman Yakovlev (yakovlev_asu@mail.ru)

Academic editor: A. Matsyura | Received 18 January 2023 | Accepted 24 March 2023 | Published 28 April 2023

http://zoobank.org/541462DB-878F-4586-A3CA-62A090B24ECD

Citation: Davydov EA, Kosachev P, Golyakov P, Zalutsky T, Svirin E, Kudrov O, Pavlova P, Storozhenko Yu, Yakovchenko L, Yakovlev R (2023) New and noteworthy records of Plants, Lichens and Lepidoptera in Altai Territory and Republic of Altai (Southern Siberia). Acta Biologica Sibirica 9: 243–264. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7865738

Keywords

Altai Mountains, biodiversity, fauna, flora, lichenized fungus, Red Data Book, Salair National Park, Tigirek Natural Reserve

Introduction

The biodiversity of the Altai Territory and the Republic of Altai is quite well studied. The territories, relatively rich in flora and fauna, has been traditionally attracting numerous researchers, which resulted in a comparatively complete study of plants and animals in these regions (Krasnoborov et al. 2003, 2012; Kamelin et al. 2005; Tshikolovets et al. 2009; Silantieva 2013; Anikin et al. 2019). Despite the good knowledge of the flora and fauna of Altai, the discovery of new species and the locations of rare species in this territory continues (Kipriyanova and Romanov 2021; Smirnov et al. 2021; Zolotov et al. 2022, etc.). However data on lichens is still incomplete (Davydov 2014). New records of protected lichens were published recently (Davydov et al. 2022). In the recent years we have obtained lots of new records on the distribution of a number of species of plants, lichens and insects in the Altai Territory and the Republic of Altai (including rare and protected ones), which are reported in this message.

Materials and methods

The paper contains data obtained from the materials collected using traditional methods in various localities of the Altai Territory and the Republic of Altai, as well as from the photographs registered on the site iNaturalist.org.

The material is kept in the following collections:

ALTB – the herbarium of Altai State University (Barnaul) and his unit TIGZ – the herbarium of Tigirek Natural Reserve (Barnaul)

ESB – private collection of Egor Svirin (Barnaul) OKB – private collection of Oleg Kudrov (Barnaul)

TZB – private collection of Timofey Zalutsky (Barnaul).

Result

Plants

Family Asteraceae

Achillea schmakovii Kupr.

Figures 1–2

Material examined. Russia, Republic of Altai, Kosh-Agachsky District, the valley of Usay River at its left bank, N 49°30.461 E, 88°09.959, elev. 2512 m, alpine meadow, 07.viii.2018, P. Kosachev (www.gbif.org/occurrence/3873199159) (Fig. 1); Altai Territory, Zmeinogorsky District, Tigireksky Range, Razrabotnaya Mt., 51.01779 N, 83.03232 E, elev. 1630 m, 10.vii.2021. P. Kosachev (www.inaturalist.org/observations/96219660) (Fig. 2).

Distribution. A South Siberian – Dzungarian subendemic species. A very rare species throughout its distribution. The species is found in subalpine meadows in the upper part of the forest belt, known from Kazakhstan: Dzungarian Alatau and Russia: Kemerovo Region (Sheremetova et al. 2023); Republic of Altai: Seminsky Ridge – locus classicus, Sumultinsky Ridge (Kuprijanov 1995; Doronkin et al. 2003; Seregin 2023; Vaganov et al. 2023c, d, e), Kuraysky Range (Vaganov et al. 2023a, b), Altai Territory: Korgonsky and Tigireksky ranges, without exact locations (Shaulo 2003; Silantieva 2013) and from Korgonsky Range at the upper reaches of the Sentelek River (Smirnov 2016); Krasnoyarsk Territory: Sayans, Ergaki Park (Stepanov 2016).

Family Botrychiaceae

Botrychium lunaria (L.) Sw.

Figure 3

Material examined. Altai Territory, Zmeinogorsky District, Tigireksky Range, Skalnaya Mt., 51.0436 N, 83.000729 E, elev. 1560 m, 11.vii.2022, P. Kosachev (www.gbif.org/occurrence/3873199159).

Distribution. It is a widespread mainly forest species found in Eurasia, North and South America, and Australia.

Notes. It is a rare species in the Altai Territory, listed in the Red Data Book of the Altai Territory with the status 3b. In total, 10 locations are known in the region two of them were on the Tigirek Range (Chaynaya Mt. – Smirnov et al. 2005; Tigireksky Range – Usik and Usik 2005; Shmakov 2016a). The location reported here with geographical coordinates complements and clarifies the distribution of the species in the Altai Territory.

Family Cystopteridaceae

Cystopteris altajensis Gureeva

Figure 4

Material examined. Altai Territory, Zmeinogorsky District, Tigireksky Range, Razrabotnaya Mt., south-west slope, 51.028151N, 83.026428E, elev. 1900 m, 14.vii.2021, Kosachev P. (www.inaturalist.org/observations/96756155).

Distribution. A rare species, endemic to Altai Mountains.

Notes. It is listed in the Red Book of the Altai Territory (Shmakov 2016b). Only nine locations are known in the region. The closest points to our observation are indicated for the left bank of the Bolshoy Tigirek River (Zmeinogorsky District) by S.V. Smirnov et al. (2005), as well as without precise indication by N.A. Usik and S.A. Usik (2005) for the Beloretsky District of the Tigirek Reserve. Our data supplement and clarify the distribution of the species in Altai.

Family Orobanchaceae

Euphrasia altaica Serg.

Figure 5

Material examined. Altai Territory, Zmeinogorsky District, Tigireksky Range, Skalnaya Mt., 51.046096 N, 82.993126 E, elev. 1570 m, 17.vii.2022, P. Kosachev (ALTB: TIGZ; www.inaturalist.org/observations/127998747).

Distribution. South Siberian mountain species.

Notes. For the Republic of Altai, it is a common species in the high-mountain belt, where it grows in meadows and in mountain tundra. The species was only once recorded to the Altai Territory from the Soloneshensky District: Bashchelak Range, the watershed of the Shchepeta and Bashchelak rivers (Strelnikova 2000; Silantieva 2013).

Family Poaceae

Agrostis tuvinica Peschkova

Figures 6–7

Material examined. Altai Territory, Zmeinogorsky District, Tigireksky Range, Skalnaya Mt., 51.046096 N, 82.993126 E, elev. 1580 m, herbs-sedge-cereals mountain tundra. 20.vii.2021, P. Kosachev (ALTB: TIGZ).

Distribution. The species is distributed in the middle and upper mountain belts of Southern Siberia and Northern Mongolia on subalpine meadows and forest clearings, rocky slopes (Tzvelev and Probatova 2019).

Notes. This is the second location of the species in the Altai Territory. The species was first recorded by D.V. Zolotov (2019) also from the Tigireksky Range (between the streem Babiy Klyuch and the left tributary of the River Krakhalikha). It is about 3–4 km west of our location.

Calamagrostis × thyrsoidea K. Koch

Figures 8–9

Material examined. Altai Territory, Tigireksky Range, surroundings of the village of Tigirek, Chaynaya Mt., southeastern slope and the summit, 51.135225 N, 83.030095 E, elev. 500–700 m, petrophytic meadow steppe and thickets of shrubs on the slope, dry steppe and rock outcrops near the summit. 09.vii.2022, P. Kosachev (ALTB: TIGZ).

Distribution. A rare hybrid, until recently found only in the Russian Caucasus and in the Amur region (Tzvelev and Probatova 2019). It occurs in places where parent species (C. epigeios (L.) Roth and C. pseudophragmites (Haller f.) Koeler) grow together. Zolotov et al. (2022b) listed five locations in the Altai Territory.

Notes. Our record new for the Krasnoshchokovsky District complements the distribution of this rare hybrid.

Lichens

Family Ramalinaceae

Bacidina phacodes (Körber) Vězda

Material examined. Russia, Altai Territory, Togulsky District, Salair Ridge, at 13 km to NE from the Novoiushino, Togul River bassin, 53°42ʹ03,9″N, 85°59ʹ38,3″E, elev. 330 m, 24.viii.2020, linden (Tiliasibirica) forest, on bark Populus tremula, leg.

E.A. Davydov (21730) and Y.V. Storozhenko (TIGZ).

Distribution. The species was reported from Europe, Asia, North America and New Zealand; widely distributed throughout Russia (Urbanavichus 2010, 2018).

Notes. New record for the Altai Territory.

Family Collemataceae

Leptogium burnetiae C.W. Dodge

Figure 10

Material examined. Russia, Altai Territory, Krasnoshchokovsky District, Tigireksky Range, left bank of the Malyi Tigirek River, 51°07′21′′N, 83°02′23′′E, elev. 530 m, 5.iii.2016, on bark of Sorbus sibirica, leg. E.A. Davydov 15916 (ALTB); Krasnoshchokovsky District, Tigireksky Range, at 5 km SSW of the Tigirek village, right bank of Bol′shoi Tigirek River, right bank of L′vinyi Kamen′ stream, 51°06′30′′N, 82°59′E, elev. 500–600 m, 08.v.2007, Chern′ forest, on bark Sorbus sibirica, leg E.A. Davydov 17480 (ALTB); left bank of the Malyi Tigirek River at 2.3 km SE from the Tigirek village, 51°07′40′′N, 83°02′30′′E, elev. 517 m, 3.iii.2016, on bark of an old Salix sp., leg. E.A. Davydov 16697 (ALTB); right bank of Dragunsky Klyuch Stream, Salix-Betula forest, 51°11′01.2′′N, 82°58′26.3′′E, elev. 808 m, 06.v.2007, on bark of Salix sp., leg. E.A. Davydov 14529 (ALTB); western part, Abies sibirica– Betula pendula fern – tall grass forest, 51°06′49′′N, 83°01′01′′E, elev. 1000 m, 12.vii.2006, on bark of Populus tremula, leg. E.A. Davydov 14535, 14521, 14522 (ALTB); Soloneshensky District, Bashchelaksky range, velley of Shinok River, downtream of the waterfall, mixed forest, 51°21′43′′N, 84°35′18′′E, elev. 950 m, 22.vii.2015, on Salix caprea, leg. E.A. Davydov 12277 (ALTB); Smolensky District, Cherginsky Range, at 13 km SE of Belokuriha City, headwaters of the Chernovaya River, big granite boulder in the Pinus sylvestris forest, 51°54′45′′N, 84°50′50′′E, elev. 800 m, 11.vii.2016, on mossed rocks, leg. E.A. Davydov 16559 (ALTB); Charyshsky District, Tigireksky range, at 3.5 km SW from the community of Tigirek, right bank of the Lvinyi Kamen′ Stream, Abies sibirica subnemoral forest (Chern′ forest), 51°06′49′′N, 83°01′02′′E, elev. 600 m, 26.vi.2014, leg. E.A. Davydov (14528) and L.S. Yakovchenko (ALTB); Togulsky District, Salair Ridge, headwaters of the Malaya Mostovaya River at 10.5 km NEE from the Novokamenka settlement, Abies sibirica dominanted subnemoral forest, 53°23′28′′N, 86°27′47′′E, elev. 400 m, 15.ix.2022, on mossed trunk of fallen Populus tremula, leg. E.A. Davydov (21743), Y.V. Storozhenko (TIGZ).

Distribution. In the Altai Territory it is known from the Krasnoshchokovsky and Charyshsky Districts (Davydov 2016). In Russia, it is found in the Caucasus, the Urals, throughout Siberia and the Far East. Outside of Russia, it is common in the mountains of Southern Europe, foreign Asia, Africa, North and South America, on the Hawaiian Islands (Makryi 2008).

Notes. Leptogium burnetiae is included to the Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (Makryi 2008). The species has been reported for Altai Territory in the Red Data Book of the Altai Territory (Davydov 2016) basing on unpublished data of the author, i.e. without adequate documentation in the scientific literature. Here we amend this inaccuracy and cite labels of all collected specimens. The species reported here for the first time for North Altai and Salair botanical-georgaphical provinces of Altai Territory.

Family Parmeliaceae

Melanelixia albertana (Ahti) O. Blanco, A. Crespo, Divakar, Essl., D. Hawksw. Lumbsch

Figure 11

Material examined. Russia, Altai Territory, Togulsky District, Salair Ridge, 3.5 km to NE from the Shumikha, Togul River basin, right bank of the Togul River, between the Togul and the Mochishche rivers, aspen (Populus tremula) forest, 53°38′32.4′′N, 86°01′37.9′′E, elev. 221 m, 18.vi.2019, leg. E.A. Davydov (21249) and L.S. Yakovchenko (TIGZ).

Distribution. In the Altai Territory, it is known from the Altaisky and Zmeinogorsky Districts (Davydov 2001; Davydov and Konoreva 2015). Melanelixia albertana is a rare Asian-North American species with a disjunctive distribution area; in Russia it is recorded for the Baical area, Altai and the Caucasus (Urbanavichene and Urbanavichus 1998; Urbanavichus and Urbanavichene 2020).

Notes. The species is included to the Red Data Book of the Altai Territory (Davydov 2016) and reported here for the first time for Salair botanical-georgaphical province of the Altai Territory.

Tuckermannopsis chlorophylla (Willd.) Hale

Material examined. Russia, Altai Territory, Zarinsky District, Salair Ridge, at 11 km SE of Alambai, left bank of the Togul River near its mouth, Pinus sibirica – Picea obovata – Abies sibirica forest, 53°56′00″N, 85°52′16″E, elev. 340 m, 14.ix.2019, on bark of Pinus sibirica, leg. E.A. Davydov 21233 (ALTB).

Distribution. This very common lichen is widespread with a mainly in cooltemperate, bipolar distribution; rare in tropical regions (Smith et al. 2009). In Russia it was recorded in many regions from the European part of the Far East (Urbanavichus 2010).

Notes. New record for the Altai Territory.

Family Caliciaceae

Tetramelas chloroleucus (Körber) A. Nordin

Figure 13

Material examined. Russia, Altai Territory, Zmeinogorsky District, Tigireksky Range, right bank of the Strizhanka River, stream flowing from the unnamed Mt. (elev. 1043 m), Abies sibirica dominanted mountain taiga subnemoral forest, 50°55′59′′N, 82°57′25′′E, elev. 720-800 m, 15.vii.2005, on bark of Abies sibirica, leg. E. A. Davydov 14624 (TIGZ); Eltsovsky District, Salair Ridge, 6.5 km north of the village Kaltyk, floodplain thickets of willow (Salix sp.), 53°16′50.6′′N, 86°27′53.7′′E, elev. 332 m, 17.vi.2019, on bark of Salix sp., leg. E.A. Davydov 21726 and L.S. Yakovchenko (TIGZ).

Distribution. Widely distributed in forests in European mountains (Alps, Carpathians, Pyrenees), it is also found in Fennoscandia and the Baltic countries. In Russia, it is recorded for the European (Murmansk and Leningrad regions) and Asian parts (Himelbrant et al. 2017; Czarnota and Tanona 2020).

Notes. New record for the Altai Territory.

Insects

Family Papilionidae

Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758)

Distribution. Widely distributed in Altai Territory (Yakovlev et al. 2016), the most vulnerable are the populations of the subspecies P. a.meinhardi Sheljuzhko, 1924, character for the steppe and forest-steppe territories in Tyumen, Novosibirsk, Omsk and Altai Territories and Northern Kazakhstan. In Altai Territory, the subspecies was known from Pankrushikha and Topchikha Districts (Volgin and Yakovlev 2018). A population of P. apollo meinhardi was found by Egor Svirin in the environs of Mamontovo village (Mamontovo District).

Family Nymphalidae

Limenitis sydyi Kindermann in Lederer, 1853

Figures 14–15

Material examined. 1 female, Russia, Republic of Altai, near Turochak village, 52°16ʹ56.2ʹʹN 87°07ʹ51.6ʹʹ, 333 m, 8.vii.2022, leg. T. Zalutsky (TZB); 1 female, Russia, Altai Territory, near Barnaul, Belmesyovo, 53°10ʹ52.1ʹʹN, 83°42ʹ59.4ʹʹ, 140 m, 26.vii.2022, leg. T. Zalutsky (TZB); 1 male, Russia, Altai Territory, near Barnaul, Belmesyovo, 26.vi.2022, leg. O.A. Kudrov (OKB).

Distribution. Species with a disjunctive Altai–Far East habitat. The Russian part of the western portion of the habitat includes Zmeinogorskiy, Kuryinskiy and Charyshskiy Districts of Altai Territory (Standel 1957; Lukhtanov et al. 2007; Gallo and Della Bruna 2013; Yakovlev and Naydenov 2014; Anikin et al. 2019).

Notes. Included in the Red Data Book of the Altai Territory (Perunov et al. 2016). In the Altai – nominative subspecies (Volynkin, Yakovlev 2015). New Record for the Republic of Altai.

Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758)

Figures 16–19

Material examined. 1 male, Russia, Altai Territory, Zalesovo District, Borisovo vill., near the Tatarka River, leg. O. Kudrov (OKB); 1 female, Russia, Altai Territory, near Barnaul, Belmesyovo, 16.vii.2022, leg. O.A. Kudrov (OKB).

Distribution. Western Palearctic before Western Siberia (Eckweiler and Bozano 2011). In Western Siberia regularly found during the two last decades, actively moving to East (Yakovlev 1998a; Knyazev and Kosterin 2003; Kosterin et al. 2007; Tshikolovets et al. 2009; Knyazev 2009, 2020; Rud’ko and Kosterin 2010; Ivonin et al. 2016; Kostyunin and Klyueva 2020).

Notes. In Western Siberia ssp. janira (Linnaeus, 1758) (Eckweiler and Bozano 2011). Known from Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tyumen and Kemerovo Regions. New record for the Altai Territory.

Erebia kindermanni Staudinger, 1881

Figures 20−21

Material examined. 1 female, Russia, Altai Territory, Zmeinogorsk District, Tigirek Reserve, 51.029335° N, 83.0269° E, 10.ix.2022 (photo by P. Kosachev) (www.inaturalist.org/observations/96687104).

Distribution. Endemic of Altai Mountains (Kosterin 1994; Yakovlev 1998b, 2004, 2012; Huang et al. 2000; Lukhtanov et al. 2007; Tshikolovets et al. 2009).

Notes. Rare, protected species (Kosterin et al. 2021). New locality for the Altai Territory.

Family Lycaenidae

Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)

Figure 22

Material examined. 1 male, Russia, Altai Territory, Krasnostchekovo District, near Tigirek village, 51.142619° N, 83.042396° E, 10.ix.2022 (photo by P. Golyakov) (ps://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134452096).

Distribution. Subtropics and tropics of all the continents. In Russia as a migrant (Gorbunov 2001). In Siberia known from Novosibirsk Region and Buryatia Republic (Korshunov 1966; Tshikolovets et al. 2002; Ivonin et al. 2011; Anikin et al. 2019).

Family Saturniidae

Eudia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758)

Figure 23

Material examined. 1 female, Russia, Altai Territory, Belokurikha, 51.98761°N 84.97208°E, 1.v.2022 (photo by P. Pavlova).

Distribution. Transpalearctic species (Anikin et al. 2019), very rare in Western Siberia.

Family Sphingidae

Proserpinus proserpina (Pallas, 1771)

Figure 24

Material examined. 1 male, Altai Territory, Rebrikha village, 53°05ʹ12.6ʹʹN, 82°22ʹ32.1ʹʹE, 28.v.2022, leg. E. Svirin (ESB).

Distribution. Occurs throughout central and southern Europe, east through Russia as far as Krasnoyarsk (Lavrov 1927; Izerskiy 1999; Danner et al. 1998; Anikin et al. 2019; Maksimov et al. 2022). Also east from Turkey and Lebanon through northern Iraq, northern Iran, southern Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, to the Pamir Mountains, Tian Shan, eastern Afghanistan and west Xizang/Tibet; thence north-east through eastern Kazakhstan to western Xinjiang. Also present in the Atlas Mountains of northwest Africa (Pittaway and Kitching 2023). New record for the Altai Territory.

Notes. Very rare in Siberia. Known from Novosibirsk, Omsk, Tomsk and Krasnoyarsk territories.

Macroglossum stellatarum (Linnaeus, 1758)

Figure 25

Material examined. 1 male, Russia, Republic of Altai, Barangol Village, 51°40ʹ55.1ʹʹN, 85°46ʹ46.3ʹʹE, 336 m, 9.ix.2022, leg. T. Zalutsky (TZB).

Distribution. Transpalearctic species, a noted summer migrant to the north (Yakovlev et al. 2015; Anikin et al. 2019; Pittaway and Kitching 2023). New record for the Republic of Altai.

Family Erebidae

Catocala elocata (Esper, 1788)

Figure 26

Material examined. 1 male, Russia, Altai Territory, Romanovo District, Tambovski village, 52°38ʹ56.6ʹʹN 80°59ʹ19.3ʹʹE, 20−30.viii.2022, E. Ashenbrenner leg. (ESB).

Distribution. From Central and Southern Europe to the Near and Middle East and Central Asia (Kravchenko et al. 2004). In Russia (to East) before Orenburg Region in Southern Ural (Anikin et al. 2017, 2019). New record for Siberia and the Altai Territory.

Acknowledgements

The study of Roman Yakovlev and Polina Pavlova was funded by the state assignment of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (project FZMW-2023-0006 “Endemic, local and invasive arthropods (Arthropoda) of the mountains of South Siberia and Central Asia: a unique gene pool of a biodiversity hotspot”. The study of E.A. Davydov and Y.V. Storozhenko was funded by the program «Priority-2030» of Altai State University.

References

Anikin VV, Baryshnikova SV, Beljaev EA, Budashkin YuI, Van Nieukerken EI, Dubatolov VV, Efetov KA, Zolotuhin VV, Knyazev SA, Kovtunovich VN, Kozlov MV, Kononenko VS, Lovtsova JuA, Lukhtanov VA, Lvovsky AL, Matov AYu, Mironov VG, Nedoshivina, S.V., Ponomarenko MG, Sviridov VA, Sinev SYu, Solovjev AV, Streltsov AN, Trofimova TA, Ustjuzhanin PY, Shovkoon DF, Yakovlev RV (2019) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Russia. St. Petersburg, 448 pp. [In Russian]

Anikin VV, Sachkov SA, Zolotuhin VV (2017) “Fauna Lepidopterologica Volgo-Uralensis” from P. Pallas to present days. Proceedings of the Museum Witt Munich 7: 1−696.

Czarnota P, Tanona M (2020) Species of lichenized Ascomycota new to Polish Western Carpathians and rare in whole Carpathians. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 57: 21−32. https://doi.org/10.12697/fce.2020.57.04

Danner F, Eitschberger U, Surholt B (1998) Die Schwärmer der westlichen Palaearktis (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). Dr. Ulf Eitschberger, Markthleuthen, 368 pp.

Davydov EA (2001) Annotated list of lichens of Western part of Altai (Russia). Novosti sistematiki nizshikh rastenii 35: 140–161. [In Russian]

Davydov EA (2014) The first checklist of lichens, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of Altaisky krai (Siberia, Russia). Mycotaxon 127 (2): 1−67. https://doi.org/10.5248/127.231

Davydov EA (2016) Lichens. In: Shmakov AI, Silantieva MM (Eds) Red Data Book of Altai Territory. Vol. 1. Rare and endangered species of plants and fungi. Altai State University Press, Barnaul, 209–233. [In Russian]

Davydov EA, Konoreva LA (2015) Lichens of North Altai Province (Altaisky krai). Vestnik Altaiskoy nauki 1: 197–201. [In Russian]

Davydov EA, Smirnova LY, Storozhenko YV, Zyatnina MV, Ryzhkova PY, Yakovchenko LS. (2022) New localities of protected lichen species on the Salair Ridge in Altai Territory. Acta Biologica Sibirica 8: 143−153. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7700540

Doronkin VM, Polozij AV, Kurbatsky VI, Vydrina SN, Lukmanova LZ (2003) Flora of Siberia. Vol. 14. Nauka, Novosibirsk, 188 p. [In Russian]

Eckweiler W, Bozano GC (2011) Guide the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Satyrinae Part IV. Tribe Satyrini. Subtribe Maniolina. Maniola, Pyronia, Aphantopus, Hyponephle. Omnes Artes, Milano, 102 pp.

Gallo E, Della Bruna C (2013) Guide the Butterflies of the Palearctic Region. Nymphalidae. Part VI. Subfamily Limenitidinae. Omnes Artes, Milano, 84 pp.

Gorbunov P (2001) The Butterflies of Russia: classification, genitalia, keys for identification. Thesis, Ekaterinburg, 320 p.

Himelbrant DE, Stepanchikova IS, Motiejūnaitė J, Gerasimova JV, Kuznetsova ES, Dyomina AV, Tsurykau AG (2017) New records of lichens and allied fungi from the Leningrad Region, Russia. VIII. Folia Cryptogamica Estonica 54: 63−70. https://doi.org/10.12697/fce.2017.54.11

Huang R-X, Zhou H, Li X (2000) Butterflies in Xinjiang. Urumtchi, 105 pp.

iNaturalist contributors, iNaturalist (2023). iNaturalist Research-grade Observations. iNaturalist.org. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/ab3s5xaccessed via GBIF.org on 2023-02-23. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3903592834

Ivonin VV, Kosterin OE, Nikolaev SL (2011) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of Novosibirskaya Oblast, Russia. 2. Lycaenidae. Euroasian Entomological Journal 10 (2): 217–242. [In Russian]

Ivonin VV, Kosterin OE, Nikolaev SL (2016) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of Novosibirsk Oblast’, Russia. 4. Nymphalidae, Satyrinae, and general discussion. Euroasian Entomological Journal 15 (2): 143−158. [In Russian]

Izerskiy VV (1999) The Bombicoidea Lepidoptera and Notodontidae of Siberia and Far East. Gnozis, Kiev, 160 pp. [In Russian]

Kamelin RV, Kuzev MG, Tikhonov DV, Shaulo DN, Shmakov AI, Viane RLL (2005) Flora Altaica 1. Azbuka, Barnaul, 340 pp. [In Russian with English summary]

Kipriyanova LM, Romanov RE (2021) Floristic novelties in the Republic of Altai. Bulletin of Tomsk State University. Biology 54: 17−185. https://doi.org/10.17223/19988591/54/9 [In Russian]

Knyazev SA (2009) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of Omsk Province, Russia. Euroasian Entomological Journal 8 (4): 441−461. [In Russian]

Knyazev SA (2020) Catalogue of Lepidoptera of Omsk Oblast (Russia). Macrolepidoptera. Families: Hepialidae, Brachodidae, Cossidae, Sesiidae, Limacodidae, Zygaenidae, Thyrididae, Drepanidae,Uraniidae, Geometridae, Lasiocampidae, Lemoniidae, Endromididae, Saturniidae, Sphingidae,Notodontidae, Lymantriidae, Arctiidae, Syntomidae, Erebidae, Nolidae, Noctuidae, Hesperiidae,Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Nymphalidae, Satyridae. Acta Biologica Sibirica 6: 139–226. https://doi.org/10.3897/abs.6.e53005

Knyazev SA, Kosterin OE (2003) New records of nemoral butterflies Apatura iris (L., 1758) and Maniola jurtina (L., 1758) in West Siberia and their probable zoogeographical significance. Euroasian Entomological Journal 2 (3): 193−194. [In Russian]

Korshunov YP (1966) On the migration of some Lepidoptera to the Southern Ob Region. Fauna and Ecology of Arthropod Animals of Siberia. Nauka (Siberian branch), Novosibirsk, 184−186. [In Russian]

Kosterin OE (1994) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of the Katunskii mountain ridge (Central Altai). Actias. Russian Journal of Scientific Lepidopterology 1 (1−2): 45–76.

Kosterin OE, Knyazev SA, Poteiko AA, Ponomarev KB, Kosheleva TF, Teploukhov VY (2007) New records of butterflies in Tomskaya and Omskaya Oblast’. Euroasian Entomological Journal 6 (4): 473–482. [In Russian]

Kosterin OE, Sobolev NA, Sviridov AV (2021) Erebia Kindermanna Erebia kindermanni Staudinger, 1881. Red Data Book of Russian Federation. Animals. Second edition. FGBU “VNII Ecologiya”, Moscow, 235−236. [In Russian]

Kostyunin AE, Klyueva AA (2020) First record of the Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera, Satyridae) from Kemerovskaya Oblast, Russia. Euroasian entomological journal 19 (5): 264−267. https://doi.org/10.15298/euroasentj.19.5.07

Krasnoborov IM, Artemov IA, Achimova AA, Agafonov AV, Ailchieva AO, Baykov KS, Basargina DK, Gerasimovich LV, German DA, Gruzdeva SV, Doronkin VM, Zhyrova OS, Zykova EJu, Korolyuk EA, Krasnikov AA, Kurilenko TN, Levkina MN, Lomonosova MN, Maneev AG, Ovchinnikova SV, Papina ON, Polnikova EN, Pyak AI, Sobchak PO, Tupitsyna NN, Fedotkina NV, Khmeleva IR, Shaulo DN, Ebel AL, Erst AS, Yamtyrov MB (2012) Guide of plants of the Altai Republic. Izd-vo SO RAN, Novosibirsk, 701 pp. [In Russian]

Krasnoborov IM, Lomonosova MN, Shaulo DN, Krasnikov AA, Kashina LI, Tupitsyna NN, Doronkin VM, Durnikin DA, German DA, Vibe EI, Shmakob AI, Revyakina NV, Zhyrova OS, Silantieva MM, Baykov KS, Usik NA, Chubarov IN, Kosachev PA, Kuzev MG, Koroljuk EA, Smirnov SV, Antonjuk EV, Vazhova TI (2003) Guide of plants of the Altai Krai. Izd-vo SO RAN, filial “GEO”, Novosibirsk, 624 pp. [In Russian]

Kravchenko VD, Müller G, Orlov OB, Seplyarsky VN (2004) The Catocalinae (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) of Israel. Russian Entomological Journal 13 (3): 175−186.

Kupriyanov AN (1995) A new species of Achillea L. (Asteraceae) from Altai. Flora i rastitelnost Altaya [Flora and vegetation of the Altai] 1: 84–85. [In Russian]

Lavrov SD (1927) Contributions of the study of the insect fauna in the environs of Omsk. Trudy Sibirskogo Instituta Sel`skogo Khozyaistva I Lesovodstva 8 (3): 51−99. [In Russian]

Lukhtanov VA, Vishnevskaya MS, Volynkin AV, Yakovlev RV (2007) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the West Altai. Entomologicheskoe obozrenie 86 (2): 337−359. [In Russian]

Maksimov RE, Knyazev SA, Matov AYu, Makhov IA, Lostchev SM, Ivanov MA (2022) Additions to the fauna of Heterocera (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of the Republic of Khakassia and of the south of Krasnoyarsk Region (South Siberia, Russia) with a comparison of the moths flight timing after 100 years of W. Kozhantshikov's research. Acta Biologica Sibirica 8: 507–520. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7710474

Makryi TM (2008) Leptogium Burneta – Leptogium burnetiae C.W. Dodge. In: Red Data Book of the Russian Federation (Plants and Fungi). Association of Scientific Publications, Moscow, 711−712 p. [In Russian]

Perunov YE, Yakovlev RV, Kosterin AE (2016) Lentochnik Sidy − Limenitis sydyi Kindermann in Lederer, 1853. In: Red Data Book of Altai Territory. Barnaul, 73−74 p. [In Russian]

Pittaway AR, Kitching IJ (2023) Sphingidae of the Eastern Palaearctic (including Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, China, Taiwan, the Korean Peninsula and Japan). Available from http://tpittaway.tripod.com/china/a_tob(accessed 19 February 2023).

Rud’ko GK, Kosterin OE (2010) Record of Meadow Brown Maniola jurtina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Satyridae, Lepidoptera) in Novosibirsk Province. Altai Zoological Journal 1 (4): 31−33. [In Russian]

Seregin A (2023) Moscow University Herbarium (MW). Version 1.269. Lomonosov Moscow State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/cpnhccaccessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-01. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2907924737

Silantieva MM (2013) Synopsis of the flora of the Altai Krai: monography. Publishing house of Altai State University, Barnaul, 520 pp. [In Russian]

Shaulo DN (2003) Achillea L. In: Guide of plants of the Altai Krai. Izd-vo SO RAN, filial “GEO”, Novosibirisk, 415–416 p. [In Russian]

Sheremetova S, Khrustaleva I, Kuprijanov A, Sheremetov R, Nozhinkov A, Seregin A (2023) KUZ Herbarium: collections of vascular plants. Version 1.118. Kuzbass botanical garden. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/4ru3f6 accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-01. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/3007901818

Shmakov AI (2016a) Botrychium lunaria (L.) SW. In: Red Data Book of the Altai Territory. Rare and endangered species of plants and fungi. Altai State Univerusty Publishing House, Barnaul, p. 32. [In Russian]

Shmakov AI (2016b) Cystopteris altajensis Gureeva. In: Red Data Book of the Altai Territory. Rare and endangered species of plants and fungi. Altai State Univerusty Publishing House, Barnaul, p. 36. [In Russian]

Smirnov SV (2016) Achillea schmakovii A. Kuprijanov. In: Red Data Book of the Altai Territory. Rare and endangered species of plants and fungi. Altai State Univerusty Publishing House, Barnaul, p. 62. [In Russian]

Smirnov S, Uvarova O, Shmakov A (2005) Check-list of flora of the state nature reserve “Tigirekskii”. Flora and vegetation of Altai 10: 73−160. [In Russian]

Smirnov SV, Kechaykin AA, Tenigin VS, Shestakov IA, Shmakov AI (2021) New records of vascular plants in the West Altai. Turczaninowia 24 (4): 131–139. https://doi.org/10.14258/turczaninowia.24.4.13[In Russian]

Smith CW, Aptroot A, Coppins BJ, Fletcher A, Gilbert OL, James PW, Wolseley PA (2009) The lichens of Great Britain and Ireland. British Lichen Society, London, 1056 pp.

Standel AE (1957) Lepidotera Rhopalocera of Altaj Mountains, S. W. Siberia. Entomologicheskoe Obozrenie 36 (1): 134−141. [In Russian]

Stepanov N (2016) Image of Achillea schmakovii Kupr. Plantarium. Plants and lichens of Russia and neighboring countries: open online galleries and plant identification guide. URL: https://www.plantarium.ru/lang/en/page/image/id/472760.html (accessed on 1 Mar 2023).

Strelnikova TO (2000) Konspekt flory Bastschelakskogo khrebta. Botanical studies of Siberia and Kazakhstan 6: 105−142. [In Russian]

Tshikolovets VV, Bidzilya OV, Golovushkin MI (2002) The Butterflies of Transbakal Siberia. Brno-Kyev, 320 pp.

Tshikolovets VV, Yakovlev RV, Kosterin OE (2009) The Butterflies of Altai, Sayans and Tuva (South Siberia). Kyiv-Pardubice, 374 pp.

Tzvelev NN, Probatova NS (2019) Grasses of Russia. KMK Scientific Press, Moscow, 646 p. Urbanavichus GP (2010) A checklist of the lichen flora of Russia. Nauka, Saint-Petersburg, 194 pp. [In Russian]

Urbanavichus GP (2018) New records of rare and threatened species in the lichen flora of Pasvik Reserve (Murmansk region). Scientific Notes of the Petrozavodsk State University 8 (177): 89−92. https://doi.org/10.15393/uchz.art.2018.257[In Russian]

Urbanavichene IN, Urbanavichus GP (1998) Melanelia albertana (Lichenes) – a new for Russia species from the southern Baikal region. Botanichesky Zhurnal (Moscow & St. Petersburg) 83 (1): 130–131. [In Russian]

Urbanavichus GP, Urbanavichene IN (2020) Lichen species proposed for inclusion in the Red Data Book of the Republic of Ingushetia. Botanical Bulletin of the North Caucasus 2: 57−64. https://doi.org/10.33580/2409-2444-2020-6-2-57-64

Usik NA, Usik SA (2005) Rare and threatened species of vascular plants of Tigirek state natural reserve. Mountain ecosystems of Southern Siberia: study, protection and rational use of natural resources. Materials of the 1st interregional scientific and practical conference dedicated to the fifth anniversary of the organization of the Tigirek Reserve. Proceedings of the GPZ "Tigireksky" 1: 25−27. [In Russian]

Vaganov A, Shmakov A, Zaikov V, Zholnerova E, Shalimov A, Belkin D, Batkin A, Kasatkin D, Kosachev P, Antonyuk E, Medvedeva K, Usik N (2023a) Virtual Herbarium ALTB (South-Siberian Botanical Garden). Version 1.36. Altai State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y6xmmeaccessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-01. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2443044211

Vaganov A, Shmakov A, Zaikov V, Zholnerova E, Shalimov A, Belkin D, Batkin A, Kasatkin D, Kosachev P, Antonyuk E, Medvedeva K, Usik N (2023b) Virtual Herbarium ALTB (South-Siberian Botanical Garden). Version 1.36. Altai State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y6xmmeaccessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-01. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2443044306

Vaganov A, Shmakov A, Zaikov V, Zholnerova E, Shalimov A, Belkin D, Batkin A, Kasatkin D, Kosachev P, Antonyuk E, Medvedeva K, Usik N (2023c) Virtual Herbarium ALTB (South-Siberian Botanical Garden). Version 1.36. Altai State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y6xmmeaccessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-01. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2443067454

Vaganov A, Shmakov A, Zaikov V, Zholnerova E, Shalimov A, Belkin D, Batkin A, Kasatkin D, Kosachev P, Antonyuk E, Medvedeva K, Usik N (2023d) Virtual Herbarium ALTB (South-Siberian Botanical Garden). Version 1.36. Altai State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y6xmmeaccessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-01. https://www.gbif.org/occurrence/2443067404

Vaganov A, Shmakov A, Zaikov V, Zholnerova E, Shalimov A, Belkin D, Batkin A, Kasatkin D, Kosachev P, Antonyuk E, Medvedeva K, Usik N (2023e) Virtual Herbarium ALTB (South-Siberian Botanical Garden). Version 1.36. Altai State University. Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/y6xmmeaccessed via GBIF.org on 2023-03-01. https:// www.gbif.org/occurrence/1927473587

Volgin I, Yakovlev R (2018) New locality of Parnassius apollo meinhardi (Sheljuzhko, 1924) (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) in the Altai Krai (Russia, Southern Siberia). Acta Biologica Sibirica 4 (1): 22−23. https://doi.org/10.14258/abs.v4i1.3923[In Russian]

Volynkin AV, Yakovlev RV (2015) Correct authorship of taxa of Lepidoptera, described in publications by Julius Lederer in 1853 and 1855 from Western Altai (Insecta: Lepidoptera). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia 43 (172): 673−681.

Yakovlev RV (1998a) Sudden meetings of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) in the South-Western Siberia. Entomological News from Russia 2: 33−34.

Yakovlev RV (1998b) New information about butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) in the South-Eastern Altai. Entomological News from Russia 1: 22–25.

Yakovlev RV (2004) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) from Ukok Plateau South-Eastern Altai. Euroasian entomological journal 3 (1): 69–78. [In Russian]

Yakovlev RV (2012) Checklist of Butterflies (Papilionoidea) of the Mongolian Altai Mountains, including descriptions of new taxa. Nota lepidopterologica 35 (1): 51−96.

Yakovlev RV, Gus’kova EV, Doroshkin VV, Titov SV (2015) Sphingidae of the Mongolian Altai (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae). SHILAP Revista lepidopterologia 43 (171): 467−478.

Yakovlev RV, Naydenov AE (2014) New records of rare Lepidoptera in the West of Altai Krai (Russia). Amurian zoological journal 6 (3): 197−197. [In Russian]

Yakovlev RV, Perunov YE, Berlov OE (2016) Apollon obyknovennyi − Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758). In: Red Data Book of Altai Territory. Barnaul, 69−70 p. [In Russian]

Zolotov DV (2019) New plant species for Altai Territory from Tigireksky State Nature Reserve. Turczaninowia 22 (3): 154–157. https://doi.org/10.14258/turczaninowia.22.3.12 [In Russian]

Zolotov DV, Chernykh DV, Biryukov RYu, Kulagina MA (2022) Floristic findings in the Teletskoye Lake basin (Republic of Altai). Turczaninowia 25 (2): 62−66. https://doi.org/10.14258/turczaninowia.25.2.5[In Russian]

Zolotov DV, Ryzhakova DD, Kryuchkova EA, Gudkova PD (2022) Revision of the genus Calamagrostis Adans. in Altai Territory. Turczaninowia 25 (1): 31−44. https://doi.org/10.14258/turczaninowia.25.1.4[In Russian]