Looks like a new species of butterflies discovered in Kazakhstan. Photo Photo

A new species of night butterfly was discovered in the Arkalyk mountains in East Kazakhstan. It was named after the Kazakh historian, academician Manash Kozybayev. This was reported by the press service of the North Kazakhstan University named after Manash Kozybayev on Instagram (owned by Meta, which is recognized in Russia as extremist and banned).

The butterfly was named Scythobrya kozybayevi Volynkin & Titov. It belongs to the nocturnal butterfly family Noctuidae and the subfamily Bryophilinae.

The discovery was the result of joint work of Kazakh and British entomologists. The authors of the study were Sergey Titov from the Institute of Zoology of Kazakhstan and Pavlodar University named after A. Margulan, as well as Anton Volynkin from the British African Natural History Research Trust.

The new species was named after Manash Kozybayev in the year of the 95th anniversary of his birth. Academician (1931-2002) made a significant contribution to the development of historical science of Kazakhstan.

In February, an international team of 16 scientists conducted an expedition to the Lisima Plateau in Angola as part of The Wilderness Project. Researchers have discovered dozens of previously unknown animal species, including eight new butterfly species. They also documented 103 species of dragonflies and catoptera, eight of which have not been previously described by science.