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Natura Croatica Issue number: Natura Croatica, Vol. 24 No.2

Novi prilozi fauni danjih leptira planine Velebita i susjednih područja Like (Hrvatska)

Authors: Nikola Tvrtković, Rudi Verovnik, Leona Lovrenčić, Marijana Vuković, Martina Šašić

Authors and affiliation

  • Nikola Tvrtković Croatian Biospeleological Society, Rooseveltov trg 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Rudi Verovnik University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
  • Leona Lovrenčić University of Zagreb, Faculty of Science, Department of Biology, Rooseveltov trg 6, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Marijana Vuković Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
  • Martina Šašić Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

During the last eight years several surveys were undertaken to improve the knowledge of the butterfly distribution in Croatia. In this paper we provide additional data for Mt Velebit for some taxa with poorly known distributions like Pieris (napi) balcana Lorković, 1970 as well as the first records for Carterocephalus palaemon, Gegenes pumilio, Lycaena tityrus, Polyommatus escheri, Neptis rivularis, and Charaxes jasius. with the review of recently published data and our contribution, the number of species found on Mt Velebit has increased to 153 in all, which makes Velebit a mountain with a relatively great diversity of butterfly species. additionally, we include records of some species of conservation concern for the neighbouring area of Lika, for Polyommatus damon, P. ripartii, P. admetus, Lycaena dispar, Phengaris alcon (humid meadow ecotype) and Euphydryas maturna.

Keywords

Dinaric alps, Croatia, butterflies, Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea, hesperioidea

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