Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64(2): 103-108, doi: 10.3897/travaux.64.e65131
The first record of Boloria frigga (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on Kolguev Island, Arctic Russia
expand article infoGrigory S. Potapov‡, Elizaveta A. Spitsyna§, Vitaly M. Spitsyn§
‡ N.Laverov Federal Centre for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Arkhangelsk, Russia§ N. Laverov Federal Center for Integrated Arctic Research of the Ural Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Arkhangelsk, Russia

Corresponding author: Grigory S. Potapov ( grigorij-potapov@yandex.ru )

Academic editor: Ionuț Ștefan Iorgu
© Grigory S. Potapov, Elizaveta A. Spitsyna, Vitaly M. Spitsyn.
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Citation: Potapov GS, Spitsyna EA, Spitsyn VM (2021) The first record of Boloria frigga (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) on Kolguev Island, Arctic Russia. Travaux du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle “Grigore Antipa” 64(2): 103-108. https://doi.org/10.3897/travaux.64.e65131
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Abstract

A new record of Boloria frigga from the Arctic islands of European Russia is given. Image of a captured specimen, as well as brief considerations on the species habitat, are provided.

 

Keywords
Biogeography, Arctic islands, Barents Sea region, butterflies, fauna