NAUJOS IR RETOS LIETUVOS VABZDŽIŲ RŪŠYS. 28 tomas 61 2 NEW AND 129 RARE FOR THE LITHUANIAN FAUNA LEPIDOPTERA SPECIES RECORDED IN 2016 GIEDRIUS ŠVITRA, VITALIJUS BAČIANSKAS, VYTAUTAS INOKAITIS, RAMŪNAS KVIETKAUSKAS, DARIUS MIKALAUSKAS, TOMAS ŪSAITIS Lithuanian Entomological Society, Akademijos 2, LT-08412 Vilnius, Lithuania E-mail of corresponding author:
[email protected] Introduction New data on Lithuanian Lepidoptera fauna and distribution of some species is added every year. The objective of this article is to present data on 2 new and 129 rare moth and butterfly species registered in 44 administrative districts and municipalities of Lithuania in 2016. Seven species – Lycaena dispar, Phengaris teleius, Euphydryas maturna, Euphydryas aurinia, Coenonympha hero, Parnassius mnemosyne, and Lopinga achine – are protected in the European Union according to the Habitats Directive (Council Directive..., 1992). These species are also included into the Red Data Book of Lithuania (Rašomavičius, 2007). Additionally, the following species that we report in this paper are protected in Lithuania: Zygaena angelicae, Zygaena ephialtes, Synanthedon conopiformis, Papilio machaon, Erynnis tages, Carterocephalus palaemon, Maculinea alcon, Glaucopsyche alexis, Aricia eumedon, Polyommatus dorylas, Polyommatus coridon, Brenthis daphne, Melitaea aurelia, Melitaea diamina, Coenonympha tullia, Oeneis jutta, Eupithecia thalictrata, Mesotype virgata and Tyria jacobaeae. Two species – Agrotis bigramma and Atethmia centrago – were recorded in Lithuania for the first time. Material and Methods Butterflies and moths were recorded by the authors of this paper G. Švitra (G.Š.), V. Bačianskas (V.Ba.), V. Inokaitis (V.I.), R. Kvietkauskas (R.Kv.), D. Mikalauskas (D.Mi.), and T. Ūsaitis (T.Ū.) during field trips. Other data was kindly presented for this publication by V.