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The paper presents results of an entomological expedition carried out in the southern parts of Kazakhstan in May 2015. This expedition was conducted within a joint team project of the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, and the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The paper includes a list of 17 recorded species of Lepidoptera with comments on their distribution.

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  • During the second half of May 2015 a small entomological expedition was carried out in the southern parts of Kazakhstan within the frame of a joint project of the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, and the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia

  • The paper presents results of an entomological expedition carried out in the southern parts of Kazakhstan in May 2015. This expedition was conducted within a joint team project of the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, and the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences

  • The paper includes a list of 17 recorded species of Lepidoptera with comments on their distribution

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This expedition was conducted within a joint team project of the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, and the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. During the second half of May 2015 a small entomological expedition was carried out in the southern parts of Kazakhstan within the frame of a joint project of the Department of Entomology, Faculty of Biology, Saint Petersburg State University, and the National Museum of Natural History, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia. Numerous desert and steppe habitats in different geographic regions of Kazakhstan were visited during the expedition: Karatau Mts, Syrdarya River Valley, Kyzylkum Desert, Dar'yalyktakyr Plain, Saryarka–Kazakhskiy Melkosopochnik, Boraldaytau Ridge, Betpak-Dala Steppe, Taukum Sands, and Balkhash Lake Shore (Fig. 1).

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