Intermediate results of the development of the butterfly collection (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of FGBU “VNIIKR” Entomological Museum
https://doi.org/10.69536/x3402-6214-1485-s
Abstract
The intermediate results of the development of the butterfly collection of The All-Russian Plant Quarantine Center (FGBU “VNIIKR”) Entomological Museum are summarized. The collection includes specimens from Eurasia, Africa, North and South America, both collected by the organization’s specialists and received as a gift from colleagues, including famous researchers of the 20th and 21st centuries. Photos of labels of historical significance are provided. An overview of each of the six families of butterflies is given, listing the species collected in the museum. The review includes interesting and informative facts about some butterfly species in the entomological fund, as well as color illustrations. The collection contains both ordinary butterfly species and unique ones, which include, in particular, Styx infernalis Staudinger, 1876 – an extremely rare endemic to Peru. The fund contains butterflies of quarantine and economic importance for various countries and international organizations, – Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758), Lampides boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767), Cacyreus marshalli Butler, [1898] – and others. Besides, the collection contains butterflies which demonstrate interesting evolutionary phenomena: polymorphism, parallelism, convergence, various types of mimicry, and others. There are also species characterized by unusual mating and territorial behavior. Some butterfly groups of FGBU “VNIIKR” Entomological Museum fund are involved in joint research projects with other scientific organizations, as well as to complete PhD and Advanced Doctor dissertations.
Keywords
Lepidoptera,
Rhopalocera,
butterflies,
collection,
pests,
lepidopterologists,
museum,
mimicry,
convergence,
parallelism
About the Authors
M. G. Kovalenko
FGBU “VNIIKR”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher, Ecology and Genetics of Insects and Mites Laboratory of the Research and Methodological Department of Entomology
J. A. Lovtsova
FGBU “VNIIKR”
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Senior Researcher, Research and Methodological Department of Entomology
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Kovalenko M.G., Lovtsova J.A. Intermediate results of the development of the butterfly collection (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) of FGBU “VNIIKR” Entomological Museum. Plant Health and Quarantine. 2023;(1):2-22. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.69536/x3402-6214-1485-s
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