New subspecies of the rarest Palaearctic butterfly found in the Arctic Circle of Yakutia
Tuesday, September 8, 2020 - 11:50
in Biology & Nature
An isolated population of the rarest Palaearctic butterfly species: the Arctic Apollo (Parnassius arcticus), turned out to be a new to science subspecies with distinct looks as well as DNA. Named Parnassius arcticus arbugaevi, the butterfly is described in a recent paper, published in the peer-reviewed, open-access scientific journal Acta Biologica Sibirica.