Lepidoptera collected in the Canadian Arctic during the Tundra Northwest 99 expedition

During the Swedish-Canadian icebreaker-based expedition to the Nearctic in summer 1999 (July and early August), moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) were collected during short, helicopter-aided visits to eight sites in the Canadian archipelago, three sites on the Canadian mainland near the arctic co...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Entomologica Fennica
Main Authors: Rydell, Jens, Roininen, Heikki, Philip, Kenelm, Karhu, Ali
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: This journal is published jointly by the Entomological Society of Finland, the Lepidopterological Society of Finland, the Societas Entomologica Helsingforsiensis and the Entomological Club of the Zoological and Botanical Society of Turku. 2001
Subjects:
Arctic
Greenland
King William Island
Melville Peninsula
Somerset Island
William Island
Canadian Archipelago
North Greenland
Thule Air
Thule
Tundra
Online Access:https://journal.fi/entomolfennica/article/view/84117
https://doi.org/10.33338/ef.84117
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Summary:During the Swedish-Canadian icebreaker-based expedition to the Nearctic in summer 1999 (July and early August), moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) were collected during short, helicopter-aided visits to eight sites in the Canadian archipelago, three sites on the Canadian mainland near the arctic coast and also at Thule Air Force Base in north Greenland. Some of the visited sites (notably those on Melville Peninsula, Somerset Island and King William Island) have not previously been investigated with respect to their insect faunas. Several records thus represent species range extensions. They generally corroborate an earlier hypothesis, based on a floristic zonation scheme, which has been used as a framework for understanding the distribution of Arctic butterflies.

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