SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ISSN: 0300-5267 ISSN: 2340-4078
[email protected] Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología España Koren, T.; Lauš, B.; Tvrtković, N.; Verovnik, R. Butterfly diversity of Lička Plješevica Mountain chain, Croatia (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, vol. 48, no. 190, 2020, -July, pp. 257-283 Sociedad Hispano-Luso-Americana de Lepidopterología España Available in: https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=45563484008 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System Redalyc More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America and the Caribbean, Spain and Journal's webpage in redalyc.org Portugal Project academic non-profit, developed under the open access initiative SHILAP Revta. lepid., 48 (190) junio 2020: 257-283 eISSN: 2340-4078 ISSN: 0300-5267 Butterfly diversity of Ligka Pljesevica Mountain chain, Croatia (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) T. Koren, B. Laus, N. Tvrtkovic & R. Verovnik Abstract Ligka Pljesevica is an elongated mountain massif situated in the Croatian Lika region, at the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was never a target of any systematic butterfly surveys, and its butterfly fauna was poorly studied. During our surveys from 2007 to 2019, we recorded 142 butterfly species on 71 localities. Along with the records from the available literature, a total of 152 species were recorded from Ligka Pljesevica massif. This is the second most diverse butterfly fauna of a mountain chain in Croatia, lagging just behind Velebit Mts. with 153 species. Faunal composition of both mountain chains is however similar with exception of montane species which are less numerous on Ligka Pljesevica. For some species with scarce records from Croatia like: Colias caucasica, Cupido osiris, Eumedonia eumedon, Plebejus argyrognom, Thecla betulae, Melitaea britomartis, Araschnia levana and Neptis rivularis new records are discussed.