Photo #29954: Goldia pacifica

05.06.2014 10:48, Vasiliy Feoktistov Corrected data.

Not identified → Goldia pacifica / Confidently identified / Irina Nikulina.

04.06.2014 22:49, Irina Nikulina

It should be noted that these photos are unique, online images Goldia pacifica in nature. It is a rare species with limited distribution, endemic Primorye. The Red Book of Russian view was entered under the name Hetoprokta Pacific (Chaetoprocta pacifica).The species was known from a single location in the Primorye Territory in the southern spur of the Blue Ridge (Anuchinsky District, Blue Ridge, 30 km from the village Chernyshovks), which was described in 1984.That is what is said about him in the Red Book of the Primorsky Territory "View ... known only two butterflies collected in the first half of July in the virgin coniferous-deciduous forest in the valley of the key.Based on the fact that the Golden Pacific until now known only from two specimens, one can conclude that the number of species in nature is low, and its habitat is very local.It is possible that the spread of Golden in the Primorye Territory is really limited spurs Blue Ridge, moreover, only portions of which are preserved in the mixed forests boled valley .. "For a long time could not find more than this kind of new butterflies. In the summer of 2000 in the area of ​​cartilage. Blue has found another population.And in July 2010, Vladimir discovered a new habitat Goldia pacifica and made a series of photos of marshmallow Pacific in nature.

04.06.2014 22:48, Irina Nikulina

Goldia pacifica