Open AccessThe butterflies of the Stelvio National Park (Lepidoptera Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea)
Author(s) -
Marco Bonifacino,
Luca Cristiano,
Roberta Rossi,
Daniele Baroni,
Luca Pedrotti,
Roberto Sindaco
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
memorie della società entomologica italiana/memorie della società entomologica italiana
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2282-1228
pISSN - 0037-8747
DOI - 10.4081/memoriesei.2017.57
Subject(s) - lepidoptera genitalia , butterfly , fauna , national park , geography , biodiversity , ecology , nymphalidae , biology , archaeology
This paper presents the results of a research on the butterflies of Stelvio National Park, carried out by the authors between 2013 and 2015 within the “Animal biodiversity monitoring in the alpine environment” project. In the study area 144 species are represented, corresponding to 49,66% of the Italian butterfly fauna, many of which are of conservational and biogeographical importance.