Checklist of the butterflies (Papilionoidea) of the Saur Mountains and adjacent territories (Kazakhstan), including systematic notes about the Erebia callias group

摘要

A checklist of Papilionoidea of the Saur Mountains is presented with 159 butterfly species (Hesperiidae: 15; Papilionidae: 7; Pieridae: 17; Nymphalidae: 71; Lycaenidae: 49). The specific status of Erebia sibirica Staudinger, 1881 is confirmed. Araschnia levana (Linnaeus, 1758), Clossiana selenis (Eversmann, 1837), Phengaris alcon (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) and Aricia nicias (Meigen, 1829) are reported for the Saur for the first time.