New subspecies of the rarest Palaearctic butterfly found in the Arctic Circle of Yakutia
Published Date: 9/8/2020
Source: phys.org
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.