@article {725, title = {Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea \& Hesperioidea) of the Greek central Aegean Island of Iraklia, and a synopsis of the taxa recorded from the nearby islands of Paros, Naxos, Ios and Amorgos}, journal = {Parnassiana Archives}, volume = {3}, year = {2015}, month = {31.12. 2015}, chapter = {25}, abstract = {

The butterflies of the Greek Island of Iraklia have been studied systematically for the past 15 years,
revealing the occurrence on the island of 27 species. Included is also the first record of the invasive
Cacyreus marshalli for the Kiklades Islands as a whole and for Iraklia in particular. Finally a synopsis
of the butterflies found in nearby islands is also being presented.

}, keywords = {Cacyreus marshalli, Central Aegean Sea, faunistics., first record, Greece, Hesperioidea, Iraklia Island, Kiklades Islands, Papilionoidea}, issn = {ISSN: 2241-7834}, author = {Giannis Gavalas and Sotiris Alexiou} } @article {708, title = {Co-occurrence of three Aristolochia feeding Papilionids (Archon apollinus, Zerynthia polyxena and Zerynthia cerisy) in Greek Thrace}, journal = {Journal of Natural History}, volume = {49}, year = {2015}, month = {5/2015}, abstract = {

Comparative studies of co-occurring species using overlapping resources may help
in understanding the mechanisms supporting biotic diversity in species-rich
regions, such as the Mediterranean region of Europe. Three Papilionidae butterflies,
Archon apollinus, Zerynthia cerisy and Zerynthia polyxena, develop on
Aristolochia plants and co-occur in Greek Thrace. We used mark\–recapture to
describe adult demography and dispersal, and searched for eggs and larvae to
assess host plants and microhabitat preferences. Adult flight timing followed a
sequence from earliest A. apollinus, through Z. polyxena to late Z. cerisy; this was
more prominent in 2010 (warm early spring) than in 2011 (cold delayed spring).
Population densities were highest for A. apollinus and lowest for Z. cerisy, whereas
dispersal ability followed a reverse pattern. Adults of all three species crossed
distances \> 3 km and used all habitat types present. Four Aristolochia host plants
were used at the study locality: small Aristolochia pallida, intermediate
Aristolochia rotunda and Aristolochia hirta, and bulky, late-sprouting
Aristolochia clematitis. Both A. apollinus and Z. polyxena used all four
Aristolochia species, the former preferring Aristolochia rotunda and Aristolochia
hirta, the latter Aristolochia rotunda and Aristolochia pallida. Zerynthia cerisy did
not use the early-growing Aristolochia pallida while frequently using the lategrowing
Aristolochia clematitis. Further parameters affecting oviposition were
biotope and canopy closure: early A. apollinus tolerated shady sites but late
Z. cerisy avoided them. The simultaneous use of several host plants differing in
phenology and habitat requirements, combined with rather high dispersal ability,
arguably buffers the butterflies\’ population dynamics against yearly variation in
weather, while allowing efficient occupation of the diverse Mediterranean landscapes.
The regional habitat diversity, created during millennia of human activity,
is currently threatened by land abandonment, which may diminish the resource
base for the studied butterflies.

}, keywords = {butterfly demography; dispersal; oviposition; Lepidoptera; Mediterranean region; phenology}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2015.1006281}, author = {Jana Slancarova and Pavel Vrba and Michal Platek and Michal Zapletal and Lukas Spitzer and Martin Konvicka} } @article {703, title = {Taxonomic Position and Status of Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) iphigenia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Peloponnese, Southern Greece}, journal = {Folia Biologica (Krak{\'o}w) }, volume = {63}, year = {2015}, chapter = {295}, abstract = {

In our study we use a 690 bp fragment of the COI gene to analyze a taxon from southern
Greece, usually treated as Polyommatus (Agrodiaetus) iphigenia nonacriensis (Brown,
1977). The previous conclusions on taxonomy and nomenclature of P. (A.) iphigenia
nonacriensis were not supported by molecular or cytological data, therefore the problem of
identity of this taxon has remained unsolved. We found that with respect to COI haplotypes,
P. (A.) iphigenia nonacriensis from Greece is similar to the studied populations of P. (A.)
iphigenia (Herrich-Sch\äffer, 1847) from Turkey and Armenia. Thus, we confirm that the
only Greek Agrodiaetus butterfly with blue wing coloration in males actually belongs to the
species P. (A.) iphigenia.

}, keywords = {Agrodiaetus, butterflies, Greece, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, molecular marker, Peloponnese.}, author = {Nazar Shapoval and Vladimir Lukhtanov} } @article {695, title = {Tracing the radiation of Maniola (Nymphalidae) butterflies: new insights from phylogeography hint at one single incompletely differentiated species complex}, journal = {Ecology and Evolution}, volume = {5}, year = {2015}, chapter = {46}, abstract = {

The use of DNA sequence data often leads to the recognition of cryptic species
within putatively well-known taxa. The opposite case, detecting less diversity
than originally described, has, however, far more rarely been documented.
Maniola jurtina, the Meadow Brown butterfly, occurs all over Europe, whereas
all other six species in the genus Maniola are restricted to the Mediterranean
area. Among them, three are island endemics on Sardinia, Cyprus, and Chios,
respectively. Maniola species are almost indistinguishable morphologically, and
hybridization seems to occur occasionally. To clarify species boundaries and
diversification history of the genus, we reconstructed the phylogeography and
phylogeny of all seven species within Maniola analyzing 138 individuals from
across its range using mitochondrial and nuclear genetic markers. Examination
of variation in mitochondrial and nuclear DNA surprisingly revealed a case of
taxonomic \“oversplitting\”. The topology of the recovered phylogenetic tree is
not consistent with accepted taxonomy, but rather reveals haplotype clades that
are incongruent with nominal species boundaries: instead of seven species, we
recognized only two major, yet incompletely segregated, lineages. Our results
are consistent with the hypothesis that Maniola originated in Africa. We suggest
that one lineage dispersed over the Strait of Gibraltar and the Iberian Peninsula
to the west of Europe, while the other lineage spreads eastward through Asia
Minor and over the Bosporus to Eastern Europe.

}, keywords = {Biogeography, DNA barcoding, endemism, expansion routes, phylogeny, speciation, species delimitation}, author = {Angelina J. Kreuzinger and Konrad Fiedler and Harald Letsch and Andrea Grill} } @article {513, title = {Colias caucasica balcanica (Pieridae) rediscovered in Montenegro, with additional new records from Serbia}, journal = {PhegeaPhegea}, volume = {43}, number = {1}, year = {2015}, pages = {6-10}, keywords = {Colias balcanica}, author = {Nahirni?, Jak?i?, Viborg A., P., A. L} } @article {344, title = {New reports regarding the distribution of several Nymphalid butterflies in Greece}, journal = {PhegeaPhegea}, volume = {43}, number = {2}, year = {2015}, pages = {31-33}, keywords = {Nymphalidae, Northern Greece}, author = {Ghavalas, Anastassiu, Coutsis \& Mastorakis N., .T., J. G., A.} } @article {311, title = {Telling apart Euchloe (Elphistonia) charlonia from Euchloe (Elphistonia) penia by wing characters and probable records of the former from Asiatic Turkey (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea, Pieridae)}, journal = {PhegeaPhegea}, volume = {43}, number = {1}, year = {2015}, pages = {11-12}, keywords = {Euchloe (Elphistonia) charlonia, Euchloe (Elphistonia) penia}, author = {Coutsis J. G.} }