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- Title
First records of Lycaena helle ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) for the Balkan Peninsula (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
- Authors
Popović, M.; Đurić, M.; Franeta, F.; van Deijk, J. R.; Vermeer, R.
- Abstract
This paper presents the first finding of Lycaena helle ([Denis & Schiffermüller], 1775) in the Balkan Peninsula on Balkan (Stara Planina) Mts. The butterfly was discovered in the bordering region between Serbia and Bulgaria. European distribution of this boreo-montane species is confined to northern parts of the continent with isolated colonies in central and south-western Europe. It is shown to be endangered at both European and regional level, and thus marked as one of the priority species for protection. In the Balkans the species can be found in mountain bogs associated with small streams where plant communities Geo coccinei-Deschampsietum caespitosae are developed. Due to land abandonment these habitats are prone to succession toward a forest ecosystem and should be monitored and managed in order to sustain the current state. It could be achieved more easily in Bulgaria, where habitats are a part of the Natura 2000 network, but it is harder for Serbia where ski tourism has been actively developed in the last decade, and where the European Union legislation does not apply.
- Subjects
BALKAN Peninsula; SERBIA; BULGARIA; LYCAENA; BUTTERFLIES; SPECIES distribution; BOGS; FOREST ecology; IDENTIFICATION
- Publication
SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterologia, 2014, Vol 42, Issue 166, p287
- ISSN
0300-5267
- Publication type
Article