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92 YAKOVLEV: <strong>Butterflies</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mongolian</strong> <strong>Altai</strong><br />

Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758)<br />

Common in nor<strong>the</strong>rn and central parts, vii.<br />

Fig. 27. Distribution <strong>of</strong> Hyponephele lycaon in<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Mongolian</strong> <strong>Altai</strong>.<br />

Conclusions<br />

Alltoge<strong>the</strong>r 178 butterfly species (Hesperiidae:<br />

17; Papilionidae: 5; Pieridae: 17; Lycaenidae:<br />

50; Nymphalidae: 86) have been recorded in<br />

<strong>the</strong> <strong>Mongolian</strong> <strong>Altai</strong>. Ano<strong>the</strong>r six species are<br />

listed as possible.<br />

The butterfly fauna <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mongolian</strong> <strong>Altai</strong><br />

comprises <strong>the</strong> following elements: Trans palae<br />

arctic, West Palaearctic, East Palae arctic,<br />

Dzhun garian, Sou<strong>the</strong>rn Siberian, and Mon golian,<br />

as well as endemic species (16 species, or 9% <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> total). Streching from <strong>the</strong><br />

northwest to sou<strong>the</strong>ast, <strong>the</strong> <strong>Mongolian</strong> <strong>Altai</strong> is an important border for species distribution.<br />

Depending on <strong>the</strong>ir exposure, different habitats in <strong>the</strong> high zone result in substantially<br />

different fauna.<br />

Acknowledgements<br />

I am indebted to Drs Elena Guskova, Vasilij Anikin, Petr Ustyuzhanin, Alexandr Shmakov, Sergej Smirnov,<br />

Dmitrij German, Sergej Djachenko, Petr Kosachev, Beket Ulugvanuly, Mr. Vyacheslav Doroshkin, Vadim<br />

Tschikolovets, Alexandr Shalimov, Dmitrij Ryzhkov, Ilja Sherin, Sergej Churkin, Colonel Grigorij Khabiev<br />

and to our drivers M. Sidorov and V. Yevdoshenko for helping us reach <strong>the</strong> most inaccessible parts <strong>of</strong><br />

<strong>Altai</strong>, Sayan, Kazakhstan, and Mongolia. I also thank two anonymous reviewers whose comments helped<br />

improve <strong>the</strong> manuscript.<br />

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