Skip to the main content

Natura Croatica : Periodicum Musei Historiae Naturalis Croatici, Vol. 14 No. 4, 2005.

Original scientific paper

Grecian Copper Lycaena ottomanus (Lefèbvre, 1830) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) – a new species in the Croatian butterfly fauna

I. Mihoci
N. Tvrtković
M. Šašić

Full text: english pdf 189 Kb

page 255-262

downloads: 1.209

cite

Abstract

This article presents the first data about the presence of the species Grecian Copper Lycaena ottomanus (Lefèbvre, 1830) (Lycaenidae, Lycaeninae) in Croatia. For the first time, the species was recorded on Sniježnica Mountain (south-eastern Croatia, southern Dalmatia), in Kuna Konavoska village (720 a.s.l.) on June 30, 2005. The first record of the species was reconfirmed on the next field trip on July 13, 2005. Including L. ottomanus the Croatian butterfly fauna has 188 species in total.

Keywords

Lycaena ottomanus; Lycaenidae; fauna; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

1722

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/1722

Publication date:

31.12.2005.

Article data in other languages: croatian

Visits: 2.149 *