Entomologia Croatica, Vol. 10 No. 1-2, 2006.
Original scientific paper
NEW DATA ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE CHAPMAN’S BLUE (Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) IN CROATIA
Iva MIHOCI
; Department of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Martina ŠAŠIĆ
; Department of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Previously there were several known fi nding sites of Chapman’s Blue
(Polyommatus thersites (Cantener, 1835) in Croatia. In summer 2005 the Chapman’s Blue was found on Mt Kamešnica, southern Croatia. In this paper we disscuss the distribution and the biology of the species as well as the need for complete distribution and habitat characteristics determination.
Keywords
Chapman’s Blue; Polyommatus thersites; distribution; habitat; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
39559
URI
Publication date:
20.1.2007.
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