, , NEW DATAS ABOUT STEPPE SPECIES OF MOTH AND BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA) FROM WESTERN TRANSBAIKALIA // BSU bulletin. Biology, geography. - 2017. №2. . - С. 3-8.

NEW DATAS ABOUT STEPPE SPECIES OF MOTH AND BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA) FROM WESTERN TRANSBAIKALIA

UDK: 595.786:591.9

Two of steppe butterfly species, Melitaea romanovi Grum-Grshimailo, 1891, Glabroculus cyane (Eversmann, 1837) is firstly noted from Barguzin valley in north part of Western Transbaikalia. A known northern border of their range is now displaced by 210-230 km. The article shows the distribution features of the steppe centralasian and eastern species in the Western Transbaikalia.

Western Transbaikalia; Central Asia; Mongolian steppes; Lepidoptera; nemoral; typical steppe species.