The developmental stages of some blue butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) of Russian South. Part VI

Abstract

The authors studied the developmental stages of six species of blue butterflies (Lycaenidae) that inhabit the south of European part of Russia (Rostov Region, Black Sea coast and the Greater Caucasus Mountain Range): Satyrium spini (Denis et Schiffermüller, 1775), Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758), Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767), Pseudophilotes bavius (Eversmann, 1832), Kretania sephirus (Frivaldszky, 1835), Polyommatus damon ([Denis et Schuffermüller], 1775).

Keywords

• Lepidoptera
• Lycaenidae
• developmental stages
• Caucasus
• Rostov Region
• Russia