Abstract
Phenotypic variation in the widespread Siberian and Mongolian butterfly species Coenonympha amaryllis (Stoll, 1782), an indicator of undisturbed steppe communities, is analyzed. It is shown that its size variation is influenced by a complex of climatic factors, the most important of them being the average starting date of the frost-free period and average annual temperature in the region. Longitude-dependent variation in size is described by a “sawtooth curve” characteristic of species with changing voltinism.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Berlov, O.E. and Berlov, E.Ya., The Fauna and Ecology of Rhopaloceran Lepidopterans (Lepidoptera, Diurna) in Anthropogenic Biotopes near the Village of Kharat, Irkutsk Oblast, Byul. VSNTs SO RAMN, 2006, no. 2, pp. 9–13.
Blanckenhorn, W.U., Stillwell, R.C., Young, K.A., et al., When Rensch Meets Bergmann: Does Sexual Size Dimorphism Change Systematically with Latitude?, Evolution, 2006, vol. 60, no. 10, pp. 2004–2011.
Cheshuekrylye Buryatii (Lepidopterans of Buryatia), Shodotova, A.A., Ubugunov, L.L., and Dubatolov, V.V., Eds., Novosibirsk: Sib. Otd. Ross, Akad. Nauk, 2007.
Davenport, D., The Butterflies of the Satyrid Genus Coenonympha, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard, 1941, vol. 87, pp. 215–349.
Dubatolov, V.V. and Kosterin, O.E., Diurnal Lepidopterans (Lepidoptera, Hesperiodea, Papilionoidea) of the Dauria International Nature Reserve, in Nasekomye Daurii i sopredel’nykh territorii: Sb. nauchn. trudov gos. biosfern. zapovednika “Daurskii” (Insects of Dauria and Neighboring Territories: Collected Scientific Papers of the Daurskii State Biosphere Reserve), Novosibirsk, 1999, vol. 2, pp. 138–204.
Gorbunov, P. and Kosterin, O., The Butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) of North Asia (Asian Part of Russia) in Nature, Moscow: Rodina & Fodio, 2007, vol. 2.
Gorbunov, P.Yu. and Olschwang, V.N., Results of Studies on the Ecology of Diurnal Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) in the Southern, Middle, and Northern Urals, in Uspekhi entomologii na Urale: Sb. nauchn. trudov (Advances in Enthomological Research in the Urals: Collected Scientific Works), Yekaterinburg, 1997, pp. 88–98.
Gorbunov, P.Yu., Olschwang, V.N., Lagunov, A.V., et al., Diurnal Butterflies of the Southern Urals, Preprint of the Ural Branch, Russial Academy of Sciences, Yekaterinburg, 2092. http://meteo.ru/climate/
Karl, I., Janowitz, S., and Fischer, K., Altitudinal Life-History Variation and Thermal Adaptation in the Copper Butterfly Lycaena tityrus, Oikos, 2008, vol. 117, pp. 778–788.
Katalog cheshuekrylykh (Lepidoptera) Rossii (Catalog of Butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Russia) Sinev, S.Yu., Ed., Moscow: KMK, 2008.
Klimaticheskii atlas SSSR (Climatic Atlas of the Soviet Union), Moscow: Akad. Nauk SSSR, 1960, vol. 1.
Knyazev, S.A., Diurnal Lepidopterans (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of Omsk Oblast, Evraziat. Entomol. Zh., 2009, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 441–461.
Korshunov, Yu.P., Bulavousye cheshuekrylye Severnoi Azii (Rhopaloceran Lepidopterans of Northern Asia), Moscow: KMK, 2002.
Korshunov, Yu.P. and Gorbunov, P.Yu., Dnevnye babochki aziatskoi chasti Rossii (Diurnal Butterflies of Asian Russia), Yekaterinburg: Ural. Gos. Univ., 1995.
Krasnaya Kniga Chelyabinskoi oblasti: zhivotnye, rasteniya, griby (The Red Data Book of Chelyabinsk Oblast: Animals, Plants, and Fungi), Korytin, N.S., Ed., Yekaterinburg: Ural. Gos. Univ., 2005.
L’vovskii, A.L. and Morgun, D.V., Bulavousye cheshuekrylye Vostochnoi Evropy (Rhopaloceran Lepidopterans of Eastern Europe), Moscow: KMK, 2007.
Nylin, S. and Svärd, L., Latitudinal Patterns in the Size of European Butterflies, Holarct. Ecol, 1991, vol. 14, pp. 192–202.
Tuzov, V.K., Bogdanov, P.V., Devyatkin, A.L., et al., Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and Adjacent Territories, vol. 1: Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Satyridae, Sofia, 1997.
Vasil’ev, A.G., Vasil’eva, I.A., and Bol’shakov, V.N., Evolyutsionno-ekologicheskii analiz ustoichivosti populyatsionnoi struktury vida (khrono-geograficheskii podkhod) (Evolutionary Ecological Analysis of Stability in the Population Structure of Species: A Chronogeographic Approach), Yekaterinburg: Yekaterinburg, 2000.
Zakharova, E.Yu., Phenotypic Variation of Eye Spots in Natural Populations of Coenonympha pamphilus L. (Lepidoptera, Satyridae), Entomol. Obozr., 2008, vol. 87, no. 4, pp. 741–755.
Zakharova, E.Yu., Phenetic Analysis of a Local Population of Coenonympha amaryllis Stoll, 1782 (Lepidoptera: Satyridae) ftrom Chelyabinsk Oblast, Entomologicheskie issledovaniya v Severnoi Azii: Mat. VIII mezhregion. soveshch. entomologov Sibiri i Dal’nego Vostoka (Entomological Studies in Northern Asia: Proc. VIII Entomol. Conf. of Siberia and the Far East), Novosibirsk, 2010, pp. 87–88.
Zakharova, E.Yu. and Ivanov, A.V., Geographic Variation in the Number and Size of Eye Spots in Natural Populations of Coenonympha oedippus Fabricius, 1787 (Lepidoptera: Satyridae), Vestn. TGU, 2009, no. 323, pp. 358–364.
Zakharova, E.Yu., Chibiryak, M.V., and Rudoiskatel’, P.V., Using Variation Spectra for Analyzing the Number and Size of Eye Spots in the Wing Pattern of Coenonympha hero Linnaeus, 1761 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), Izv. Chelyab. Nauchn. Tsentra Ural. Otd. Ross. Akad. Nauk, 2006, no. 4, pp. 85–90.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Additional information
Original Russian Text © E.Yu. Zakharova, 2012, published in Ekologiya, 2012, No. 2, pp. 143–149.
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Zakharova, E.Y. Phenotypic variation in Ural and Siberian populations of the heath Coenonympha amaryllis (Stoll, 1782). Russ J Ecol 43, 162–168 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413612020178
Received:
Published:
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S1067413612020178