Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень (Dec 2013)
Record of population of Callophrys chalybeitincta Sovynski, 1905 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in Volgograd Region (Russia)
Abstract
Studies of genetic markers (COI and ITS2) and genitalia of specimens from isolated population of butterflies of the genus Callophrys from Volgograd Region (Russia) indicate that it belongs to the species C. chalybeitincta Sovynski, 1905. Specimens from the population more similar on external morphology to populations from Astrakhan Region, Pyatigorsk and lower reaches of Don River.
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