Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) diverstiy and agricultural land use in Solčava area, N Slovenia

Bizjak, Tine (author), Hrovat, Tina (author), Orel, Neža (author), Valentić, Lara (author), Debets, Jozef (author), Ošep, Mojca (author), Prašnikar, Dušan (author), Torkar, Gregor (author)

The article presents a contribution to the knowledge of butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of the Solčavsko, an important area for nature conservation in Slovenia. Survey took place from June to August 2014 at six localities. Field observations were performed twice per month. The localities are characterised by different agricultural land use: pastures and meadows. Altogether 50 butterfly species were recorded at the surveyed localities. Eight species are reported for this area for the first time, two of them threatened and/or protected in Slovenia: Boloria selene and Lycaena alciphron. The study shows that surveyed pastures have predominantly higher butterfly diversity than meadows.

• Language: English
• Work type: Not categorized
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: PEF - Faculty of Education
• Year: 2015
• Number of pages: Str. 29-36
• Numbering: Vol. 23, št. 1
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-76450
• UDC: 595.78
• ISSN on article: 1318-1998
• COBISS.SI-ID: 10627401
• Publication date in RUL: 21.12.2015

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Acta entomologica slovenica
• Shortened title: Acta entomol. slov.
• Publisher: Slovensko entomološko društvo Štefana Michielija, Slovensko entomološko društvo Štefana Michielija, Slovensko entomološko društvo Štefana Michielija, Prirodoslovni muzej Slovenije
• ISSN: 1318-1998
• COBISS.SI-ID: 36553984

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian

Abstract

Članek predstavlja prispevek k poznavanju pestrosti dnevnih metuljev (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) na Solčavskem, ki je pomembno območje ohranjanja narave v Sloveniji. Podatki so bili zbrani v obdobju med junijem in avgustom 2014 na šestih lokacijah, in sicer dvakrat mesečno. Na vzorčenih lokacijah je prisotna različna kmetijska raba: pašniki in travniki. Skupaj je bilo opaženih 50 vrst metuljev. Med njimi je bilo 8 vrst metuljev prvič opaženih na tem območju; od tega sta dve ogroženi in/ali zavarovani vrsti v Sloveniji: Boloria selene in Lycaena alciphron. Ugotovili smo, da je bila na vzorčenih pašnikih pestrost metuljev večinoma večja kot na travnikih.

• Keywords: metulji