Contibution to the fauna of Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of Meghri region of Armenia
The paper is generalizing the data on the fauna of butterflies of the southernmost region of Armeni (Meghri region). The data have been collected during 15 years (1996–2010). In result of the work, the 153 species were recorded. The species belong to 7 families, 6 species are new for Armenia an...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Southern Scientific Centre of the Russian Academy of Science, Federal state budgetary institution
2011-07-01
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| Series: | Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ssc-ras.ru/ckfinder/userfiles/files/13_K%20Aghababyan%20G%20Khanamiryan.pdf |
| Summary: | The paper is generalizing the data on the
fauna of butterflies of the southernmost region of Armeni
(Meghri region). The data have been collected during 15
years (1996–2010). In result of the work, the 153 species
were recorded. The species belong to 7 families, 6 species
are new for Armenia and 39 are new for the region. The
region includes 66% of the Armenian butterfly fauna, being
only 2% of the territory of Armenia. The species diversity
is determined by the geographic position of the region and
diversity of habitats. The later, in its turn is determined
by mountainous relief and large difference in elevations.
Among the recorded species, 9 species are included in
Red Book of animals of Republic of Armenia. Since the
“Arevik” National Park started its activities in the region,
the determination of the buttefly distribution will help to
conduct zoning of the National Park, which is important
not only for protection of zoological, but also botanical
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| ISSN: | 1814-3326 1814-3326 |