Early summer aspect of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Republic of Khakassia as examined in 2000, with some additional data
Author
Kosterin, Oleg E.
text
Amurian Zoological Journal
2023
XV
2
325
354
http://dx.doi.org/10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-2-325-354
journal article
10.33910/2686-9519-2023-15-2-325-354
2686-9519
12816849
912125ED-10E5-4A6C-86E7-548CCD69F364
Oeneis aktashi ona
Korshunov, 1996
Specimens:
14\Sayanskiy Pass,
4♂
,
4♀
.
Remarks:
Sayanskiy Pass is the type locality of this species, so the specimens collected were
topotypes
.
Observations:
A strictly highland species which occurred only on screes on slopes above the pass, with average vegetation cover varying from ca 50% to zero. They flew very fast and for long distances but readily landed exclusively on flat shale stones of which those screes were composed. There they sat mostly in a vertical position, but when the sun hid behind a cloud they almost laid on one side (
Fig. 14
), seemingly to be oriented perpendicular to the sun when it reappears. But if the sun did not reappear soon, they, keeping the same laying position, crawled towards a stone margin and hid between stones. A copulating pair was noticed on top of a local relief maximum.