A new subspecies of Papilio machaon Linnaeus, 1758 (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from Gobi desert, Mongolia
Abstract
A new subspecies, Papilio machaon bilguun ssp. nov. (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae) from Mongolia, South Gobi (Umnegov) aimak, Nomgon somon is described. The characters of new and neighbouring subspecies are discussed. A hypothesis about the relations and distribution of different taxa is proposed.
Downloads
References
Churkin SV, Kolesnichenko KA (2019) A new species of Lycaena Fabricius, 1807 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Mongolia with a review of genitalia characters of the related taxa. Zootaxa 4555 (4): 548–560. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4555.4.6
Korshunov YP, Gorbunov PY (1995) Butterflies of the Asiatic part of Russia. Ural State University, Ekaterinburg, 202 pp. [In Russian]
Korshunov YP (2002) Butterflies of northern Asia. KMK Press, Moscow, 424 pp. [In Russian]
Miller LD (1970) Nomenclature of wing veins and cells. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 8(2): 37–48.
Korshunov YP (1977) Diurnal butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Mongolian People’s Republic, II. Insects of Mongolia 5: 649–681. [In Russian]
Korshunov YP, Soljanikov VP (1976) Diurnal Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of the Mongolian People’s Republic. Insects of Mongolia 4: 403–458. [In Russian]
Nazari N, Cotton AM, Coutsis JG, Shapoval N, Todisco V, Bozano GC (2023) Guide to the butterflies of the Palaearctic Region. Papilionidae, part IV. Tribe Papilionini: Papilio (partium). Omnes Artes, Milano, 91 pp.
Tshikolovets VV, Yakovlev RV, Balint Z (2009) The Butterflies of Mongolia. Kyiv-Pardubice, 320 pp.
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 (2015) Cossidae (Lepidoptera) of Mongolia. Check List 11(5): 1736. http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/11.5.1736
Acta Biologica Sibirica is a golden publisher, as we allow self-archiving, but most importantly we are fully transparent about your rights.
Authors may present and discuss their findings ahead of publication: at biological or scientific conferences, on preprint servers, in public databases, and in blogs, wikis, tweets, and other informal communication channels.
ABS allows authors to deposit manuscripts (currently under review or those for intended submission to ABS) in non-commercial, pre-print servers such as ArXiv.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:
- Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.
- Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access).
