First record of the Greek clouded yellow Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) for Albania

During our field survey in the south-eastern part of the Republic of Albania, we encountered the Greek clouded yellow (Colias aurorina) at two sites, representing the first record for the species in Europe outside Greece. It was found common at one site on the Albanian side of the Grammos Mts. with...

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Main Authors: Rudi Verovnik, Miloš Popović
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Language:English
Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2013-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16797
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description During our field survey in the south-eastern part of the Republic of Albania, we encountered the Greek clouded yellow (Colias aurorina) at two sites, representing the first record for the species in Europe outside Greece. It was found common at one site on the Albanian side of the Grammos Mts. with possibly continuous range into northern Greece. As larval host plant of the Greek clouded yellow Astragalus thracicus was present in abundance on the northern slopes of the mountain, we consider the species as not threatened in Albania. In addition, the purple emperor (Apatura iris) and the Balkan green-veined white (Pieris balcana) were recorded for the first time in Albania.
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spelling doaj-art-289dc7d35e15499cbcb9ce5aa1b33cd62025-01-29T20:48:10ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Natura Sloveniae1580-08141854-30812013-06-0115110.14720/ns.15.1.27-32First record of the Greek clouded yellow Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) for AlbaniaRudi Verovnik0Miloš Popović1University of Ljubljana, Biotechnical Faculty, Department of Biology, Jamnikarjeva 101, SI-1000 LjubljanaNGO HabiProt, Bulevar oslobođenja 106/34, RS-11040 Belgrade During our field survey in the south-eastern part of the Republic of Albania, we encountered the Greek clouded yellow (Colias aurorina) at two sites, representing the first record for the species in Europe outside Greece. It was found common at one site on the Albanian side of the Grammos Mts. with possibly continuous range into northern Greece. As larval host plant of the Greek clouded yellow Astragalus thracicus was present in abundance on the northern slopes of the mountain, we consider the species as not threatened in Albania. In addition, the purple emperor (Apatura iris) and the Balkan green-veined white (Pieris balcana) were recorded for the first time in Albania. https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16797diversityfaunisticsLepidopteraRhopalocerafield survey
spellingShingle Rudi Verovnik
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First record of the Greek clouded yellow Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) for Albania
Natura Sloveniae
diversity
faunistics
Lepidoptera
Rhopalocera
field survey
title First record of the Greek clouded yellow Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) for Albania
title_full First record of the Greek clouded yellow Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) for Albania
title_fullStr First record of the Greek clouded yellow Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) for Albania
title_full_unstemmed First record of the Greek clouded yellow Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) for Albania
title_short First record of the Greek clouded yellow Colias aurorina Herrich-Schäffer, 1850 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae) for Albania
title_sort first record of the greek clouded yellow colias aurorina herrich schaffer 1850 lepidoptera pieridae for albania
topic diversity
faunistics
Lepidoptera
Rhopalocera
field survey
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/NaturaSloveniae/article/view/16797
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