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Natura Croatica : Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici, Vol. 34 No. 2, 2025.

Short communication, Note

https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2025.34.17

On the recent presence of Hippotion celerio (Linnaeus, 1758) (Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) in Croatia

Sebastian Ćato orcid id orcid.org/0000-0001-6709-1574 ; Biology Students Association – BIUS, Roosevelt Square 6, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia

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Abstract

The silver-striped hawk-moth (Hippotion celerio) is a quite rare species of the Croatian fauna, having only five past records from the 19th and 20th century. Given the lack of recent records, the species' presence in the country was deemed questionable. Here presented and discussed are three new records of this species from coastal Croatia which give us new distribution data while simutaneously confirming its occasional presence in the country.

Keywords

moth; Adriatic coast; rare species; Balkans; new records

Hrčak ID:

335484

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https://hrcak.srce.hr/335484

Publication date:

31.12.2025.

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