From: Dubatolov, V.V. (1986): First data on the food plants of yakutian Rhopalocera (Lepidoptera). Vestnik zoologii (Kiev), No. 3, p. 87 (in Russian).

First data on the food plants of yakutian Rhopalocera (Lepidoptera). 7.06.1985
in environs of Yakutian botanical garden an oviposition of Agriades aquilo wosnesenskii Me-
netries (Lycaenidae) on Saxifraga bronchiale L. leaves was seen. In upperflow of East Khandyga River,
Suntar-Khayata Mts., this butterfly is connected with similar Saxifraga species - S. spinu-
losa Adams. In the same mountains was seen an oviposition of Colias hyperborea Grumm-
Grshimailo (Pieridae) on Astragalus alpinus L. leaves, [oviposition of] Clossiana erda Christoph
(Nymphalidae) on Vaccinium vitis-idaea L. leaves. - V. V. Dubatolov (Biological
Institute SB AS USSR).


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