LEPIDOPTERA
PIERIDAE Duponchel,1835
BALTIA Moore, 1878
Baltia shawii (Bates, 1873)
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Baltia shawii karakuli 0. Bang-Haas, 1937 • TYPE LOCALITY. "Chinese Tartary" [Mountains between Kumaon and Kashmir, W. Tibet, China]. • RANGE. The Pamirs, the Hindu-Kush, Karakorum and the Himalaya. • DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The Pamirs, populated by the ssp. karakuli 0. Bang-Haas, 1937. • HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. High-montane meadows with scanty vegetation at 3,400-4,500 m a.s.I. Flight period: July-August. • SIMILAR SPECIES. B. butleri: UNH veins dusted with brownish scales. Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997 |
Baltia butleri (Moore, 1882)
Baltia butleri (Moore, 1882)
• TYPE LOCALITY. "Lahoul" [?Lahore, N. India].
• RANGE. Nan-Shan, Tibet and the Himalaya.
• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The presence of the recently described ssp. nekrutenkoi Kreuzberg, 1989 in Inner Tian-Shan requires confirmation, as only the holotype is known, with its provenance impossible to be exactly elucidated due to an illegible label.
• SIMILAR SPECIES. B. shawii: UNH veins not dusted with brownish scales.
Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997
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