It’s easy to think that we have already discovered all that there is to discover in the natural world, but it’s just not true. This month, researchers have uncovered a new butterfly species in Interior Alaska. It’s the first one to have been discovered in Alaska in almost 30 years. Take your Alaska car rentals through the interior of Alaska to try to catch a glimpse of the state’s newest butterfly.
The butterfly is a hybrid species that was created before the last ice age. It is called the Tanana Arctic, and it appears as though this species is specific to this region, which means your only opportunity to see it is when you’re traveling in your Alaska car rentals.
What does the Tanana Arctic look like?
The Tanana Arctic is a bronze-brown color, with shite specks and veins on its underside. It looks almost as if snow has dusted the base of the butterfly with waves of white and dark brown.
Where can you find the butterfly?
The butterfly may have been found in ancient Alaska’s strip of land known as Beringia. Currently the butterfly can be found in the forests around Tanana-Yukon River Basin. Spruce and aspen trees are the homes of these butterflies, and if you take your Alaska car rentals around the basin you may have an opportunity to see one these butterflies.
These butterflies love the cold temperatures, and need to stay in an area where they can stay cool. This area was a prime place for many species to live during the most recent Ice Age. It remained free of ice during the Ice Age and butterflies could survive in the cold without being frozen.
A hybrid of the two
The Tanana Artic butterfly is likely a hybrid of the Chryxus Artic and the White-veined Artic. In fact, the butterfly remains very similar in appearance to the Chryxus Artic. This is part of the reason that the Tanana Artic had not been uncovered previously, despite being around since the last ice age.
How will this tell us about global warming?
These butterflies may be able to act as strong indicators of global warming. Having survived since the last ice age, their resilience is evident and death of the butterflies could indicate a dramatic shift in the environment. A more significant indicator of climate change will be if the butterflies begin to migrate out of the area. As we are already aware that the permafrost is melting, if the climate continues to worsen the Tanana Arctic will eventually begin to migrate to find climates more suitable to them.
The Tanana was hiding
Oddly enough, the Tanana Arctic was on display in the museums as soon as 1955, and went undetected. Its similarity to the Chryxus Arctic allowed it to hide right beneath the careful gaze of the scientists and researchers.
The butterfly species of Alaska
This butterfly species may be unique to the region, but it certainly isn’t the only butterfly in the region. In fact, there are roughly 75-80 butterfly species in the state. If you drive around in your Alaska car rentals, you’re sure to see at least one of them. In fact, there are as many as 40 different species in Anchorage alone.
Alaskan butterflies live for as long as (or even longer than!) a year in the state because of the cold. In fact, the butterflies can even use the winter months as their growth period in the chrysalis form.
Take advantage sight seeing the myriad incredible species across the state when you reserve your Alaska car rentals from Avis.
Ni rahisi kufikiri kwamba tayari tumegundua kila kitu ambacho kuna kugundua katika ulimwengu wa asili, lakini si kweli. Watafiti wamegundua aina mpya ya kipepeo katika Alaska Ni ya kwanza kugundua katika Alaska katika miaka 30 iliyopita. Kuchukua Alaska gari kukodisha kupitia ndani ya Alaska kujaribu kupata glimpse ya hali ya kipekee zaidi kipepeo. Kipepeo ni spishi ya mchanganyiko iliyoundwa kabla ya enzi ya barafu ya mwisho. Ni aina ya aina ya tanana ya Arctic, ambayo inaonekana kuwa ya kipekee kwa eneo hili, na ina maana kwamba nafasi yako pekee ya kuiona ni wakati unasafiri katika gari lako la kukodisha Alaska. Ni nini kinachotokea katika eneo la Tanana? Tanana Arctic ni rangi ya shaba-kahawia, na spots shite na mishipa juu ya upande wake wa chini. Inaonekana kana kwamba theluji imepaka vumbi kwenye msingi wa kipepeo hicho kwa mawimbi meupe na kahawia-nyeusi. Unaweza kumkuta wapi kipepeo huyo? Huenda kipepeo huyo alipatikana katika eneo la kale la Alaska lililoitwa Beringia. Kwa sasa kipepeo huyo anaweza kupatikana katika misitu iliyo karibu na Bonde la Mto Tanana-Yukon. Miti ya spruce na aspen ni nyumba za vipepeo hawa, na ikiwa utachukua gari lako la kukodisha Alaska kuzunguka bonde unaweza kuwa na fursa ya kuona moja ya vipepeo hawa. Vipepeo hao hupenda hali ya hewa baridi, na wanahitaji kukaa katika eneo ambako wanaweza kubaki baridi. Eneo hili lilikuwa mahali pazuri pa kuishi kwa spishi nyingi wakati wa Enzi ya Barafu ya hivi karibuni. Ilibaki bila barafu wakati wa Enzi ya Barafu na vipepeo wangeweza kuishi katika baridi bila kufungia. Kwa mfano, ndege aina ya Tanana ni mchanganyiko wa ndege aina ya Chrysa artica na ndege aina ya White-veined. Kwa kweli, kipepeo huyo bado anafanana sana na Chryxus Arctic kwa sura. Hii ni sehemu ya sababu ya kwamba Tanana Arctic haikuwa imefunuliwa hapo awali, licha ya kuwa karibu tangu enzi ya mwisho ya barafu. Hilo litatuambia nini kuhusu ongezeko la joto duniani? Huenda vipepeo hao wakawa ishara yenye nguvu ya ongezeko la joto duniani. Kwa kuwa wameokoka tangu enzi ya barafu ya mwisho, nguvu zao za kukabiliana na hali ya hewa ni dhahiri na kifo cha vipepeo kinaweza kuonyesha mabadiliko makubwa katika mazingira. Kiashiria muhimu zaidi cha mabadiliko ya hali ya hewa kitakuwa ikiwa vipepeo hao wataanza kuhama kutoka eneo hilo. "Kama tunavyojua tayari kwamba barafu ya kudumu inayeyuka, ikiwa hali ya hewa itaendelea kuwa mbaya, mwishowe Tanana Arctic itaanza kuhamia kutafuta hali ya hewa inayofaa zaidi kwao. """ "Tana Arctic, ambayo ilijulikana kama ""Tana Arctic,"" ilionekana katika makumbusho ya Amerika ya Kaskazini mnamo 1955 na haikuonekana tena." Kwa sababu ya kufanana kwake na Chryxus Arctic, aliweza kujificha chini ya macho ya wanasayansi na watafiti. Spishi ya kipepeo wa Alaska Spishi hii ya kipepeo inaweza kuwa ya kipekee kwa mkoa huo, lakini kwa hakika si kipepeo pekee katika mkoa huo. Kwa kweli, kuna aina za vipepeo 75-80 katika jimbo hilo. Kama wewe gari kuzunguka katika Alaska yako kukodisha gari, wewe ni uhakika wa kuona angalau moja yao. Kwa kweli, kuna aina 40 tofauti za wanyama katika Anchorage pekee. Vipepeo wa Alaska huishi muda mrefu kama (au hata zaidi ya!) mwaka mmoja katika jimbo kwa sababu ya baridi. Kwa kweli, vipepeo hao wanaweza hata kutumia miezi ya majira ya baridi kali kama kipindi chao cha kukua wakiwa katika umbo la chrysalis. Kuangalia aina mbalimbali za wanyama katika Alaska ni rahisi sana wakati wa kusafiri na Avis.