title: [Origin of Lepidoptera fauna of the Southern Transural region].
abstract: The butterfly fauna of the Southern Transural region began mainly through the migration of insects from the Urals and Kazakhstan, since the end of the Cretaceous Period to the end of Paleogen, the Transural region was covered by an epiplatform sea. As this sea was retreating, the first regions of dry land appeared, which had boundaries with Kazakhstan and the Urals. They were the first to be populated by Lepidoptera. During the Pleocene and then after the Pleistocene cooling events, insects settled generally along the valley of the Tobol River and the Turgai depression, because these territories belong to intrazonal elements. At the present time, the greatest species diversity among insects in the southern Transural area is observed specifically in the Turgai depression and in areas directly adjacent to it. This territory is mainly occupied by populations unique to the Transural regions and belonging to the following species: Mantis religiosa (praying mantis), Saga pedo, Parnassius apollo (apollo), Neolycaena rhymnus, Hyponephele lupina (oriental meadow brown), Chazara persephone (dark rockbrown), Epicallia villica (cream-spot tiger), etc.
authors.affiliation: Kurgan State University, Russia.
authors.forename: N A
authors.initials: NA
authors.lastname: Utkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002980:Climate; D005843:Geography; D055593:Geological Phenomena; D005844:Geology; D007915:Lepidoptera; D011157:Population Dynamics; D012800:Siberia