A DISSERTATION ON NORTHERN BUTTERFLIES

The confinement of the genus chionobas to high latitudes affords an example regarding distribution of species. Their food being lichens peculiar only to the Alpine regions, must confine them within a limited range. Mr. Scudder, in his “Revision of the hitherto known species of the genus chinobas , o...

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Published in:The Canadian Entomologist
Main Author: Couper, William
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press (CUP) 1874
Subjects:
Insect Science
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Structural Biology
Arctic
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.4039/ent655-3
https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0008347X00125611
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Summary:The confinement of the genus chionobas to high latitudes affords an example regarding distribution of species. Their food being lichens peculiar only to the Alpine regions, must confine them within a limited range. Mr. Scudder, in his “Revision of the hitherto known species of the genus chinobas , of North America”–proceed. Ent. soc. philad., vol. 5, pp. 26-28–gives them three or four localities; but these are either arctic, sub-arctic or Alpine.

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