Original scientific paper

Contribution to knowledge of the distribution of the Geranium Bronze Cacyreus marshalli (Butler, 1898) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) in Croatia with note on ecology and ethology

Mladen Kučinić ; Department of Biology (Laboratory for Entomology), Faculty of Science, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Randić ; Public Institution »Priroda”, Rijeka, Croatia
Iva Mihoci ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Toni Koren ; Croatian Herpetological Society HYLA , Zagreb, Croatia
Ana Mrnjavčić Vojvoda ; Croatian Centre for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Institute for Plant Protection, Zagreb, Croatia
Boris Lauš ; 4Croatian Herpetological Society HYLA , Zagreb, Croatia
Ivona Burić ; 4Croatian Herpetological Society HYLA , Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

The species Cacyreus marshalli was introduced into Europe from South Africa in 1978. In Croatia its presence was noted for the first time in 2009 in Mali Lošinj. Previous research has recorded this species at around 20 localities. The present paper gives new records of the species Geranium Bronze from 28 localities in the Mediterranean part of Croatia with some data regarding its ecology
and ethology. The known margin of the distribution area of C. marsahalli in Croatia has expanded by around 50 kilometres to the south-east to the islands Korčula and Lastovo and in inland to the Pelješac peninsula. The Geranium Bronze has not been recorded in the continental and central mountain part of Croatia, but was for the first time recorded on Mt. Učka, on 934 meters a.s.l.

Keywords

Cacyreus marshalli; distribution; ecology; ethology; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

136540

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/136540

Publication date:

8.12.2014.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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