BUTTERFLIES (LEPIDOPTERA: RHOPALOCERA) A CONTRIBUTION TO THE KNOWLEDGE OF BIOTIC DIVERSITY OF REGIONAL PARK MURA DRAVA

Istraživanja faune danjih leptira (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) na području regionalnog parka Mura-Drava provedena su od svibnja do rujna 2011. godine.Na području rijeke Mure zabilježeno je 1000 jedinki i utvrđeno 49 vrsta, koje su svrstane u 6 porodica. Istraživanjem faune danjih leptira na području rijeke Mure utvrđeno je 19 novih vrsta danjih leptira: Papilio machaon, Artogeia manii, Colias hyale, Leptidea reali,Celastrina argiolus, Everes argiades, Mellicta athalia, Mellicta aurelia, Polygonum c-album,Vanessa atalanta, Vanessa cardui, Coenonympha glycerion, Minois dryas, Melanargiagalathea, Pararge aegeria, Lasiommata megera, Carterocephalus palaemon, Heteropterusmorpheus i Thymelicus sylvestris. Na području regionalnog parka Mura- Drava utvrđeno je šest zaštićenih i ugroženih vrsta, danjih leptira: Papilio machaon, Parnasius mnemosyne,Lycaena dispar, Apatura ilia, Mellicta aurelia i Heteropterus morpheus.: Research of (daily) butterflies fauna (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) was carried out in the period from May to September of 2011, on the area regional park Mura- Drava.1000 specimens from 49 species, classified into 6 families, of butterflies were determined in costal area of the river Mura. The 19 new species of butterflies were recorded in the fauna of the study area: Papilio machaon, Artogeia manii, Colias hyale, Leptidea reali, Celastrinaargiolus, Everes argiades, Mellicta athalia, Mellicta aurelia, Polygonum c-album, Vanessaatalanta, Vanessa cardui, Coenonympha glycerion, Minois dryas, Melanargia galathea,Pararge aegeria, Lasiommata megera, Carterocephalus palaemon, Heteropterus morpheus iThymelicus sylvestris. Six endangered and protected sprcies of (daily) butterflies from regional park Mura- Drava were also determined species: Papilio machaon, Parnasiusmnemosyne, Lycaena dispar, Apatura ilia, Mellicta aurelia and Heteropterus morpheus