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).