The main stages and ways of formation of the fauna of Diurna (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) in the North - East of the European part of Russia
The method of actualism and the consistent application of the principle of the simplest solution (Occam's principle) was the reconstruction of the history of the fauna of diurna Lepidoptera. Allocated several stages associated with the restructuring and differentiation of the natural environment in late Pleistocene and Holocene. It was also noted that the dynamics of the population structure of butterflies Lepidoptera in natural communities of the European North-East Russia in the future will be determined mainly by the anthropogenous factor.