Original scientific paper

OCCURRENCE OF Pieris ergane Geyer (LEPIDOPTERA, PIERIDAE) ON MOUNT SLJEME NEAR ZAGREB, CROATIA

Zdravko Lorković ; III. cvjetno naselje 25, Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

Occasional occurrence of the Mediterranean butterfly Pieris ergane Geyer on Medvednica (Sljeme) Mountain in continental Croatia has so far been enigmatic since the unique (single) ovipositing and host plant: Aethionema saxatile of this species was not officially registered in the surroundings of Zagreb, whereas in captivity, the females deposit eggs only on this plant, too.

Keywords

Pieris ergane; Lepidoptera; Pieridae; Aethionema saxatile; ovipositing; monophagy; range; evolution; Mt. Medvednica; Sljeme; Croatia

Hrčak ID:

284244

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/284244

Publication date:

31.1.1997.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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