Supplements to butterfly fauna (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) of Grza River Gorge (Eastern Serbia)

Abstract

Nahirnić, A.: Supplements to butterfly fauna (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) of Grza River Gorge(Eastern Serbia), Biologica Nyssana, 2 (2), December 2011: 107-117.

The aim of this article is report of butterfly fauna of Grza River Gorge (Eastern Serbia). During 2008-2009.nineteen field visits have been made, 11 localities and 12 types of habitats were investigated. A faunisticaccount of totally 84 recorded butterfly species is given compiling the data: 30 butterfy species previouslypublished by other authors and 81 species from our research. We recorded 54 species new to the investigatedterritory. Zoogeographical composition of all species is done. Comparison of the data concerning two othersvalleys, Lazarev Canyon and the Ibar River Gorge studied by Jakšić (2008), was made in order to show thespecific fauna elements.

Key words: Butterflies, Grza River Gorge