Original scientific paper

Review of the butterfly fauna (Hesperioidea & Papilionoidea) of the Dinara mountain range

Nikola Tvrtković ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Martina Šašić ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Mihoci ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Marijana Vuković ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
Maja Bjelić ; Croatian Natural History Museum, Department of Zoology, Demetrova 1, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Abstract

During a butterfly inventory from 2005 to 2012 on Mt Dinara along the transect from Knin to the Sinjal peak (1831 m a.s.l.), 116 species were found. There are 23 newly-found species for the Mt Dinara area, and 7 species have not been confirmed. With 130 registered species this area is a hot spot of butterfly diversity. 15 species belong to Alpine elements, but in comparison with other better investigated Dinaric mountains, Ponto-Mediterranean oreal species are more numerous than Euro/Alpine species.

Keywords

Butterflies; Mt Dinara; Croatia; Bosnia and Herzegovina

Hrčak ID:

94511

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/94511

Publication date:

31.12.2012.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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