03287nas a2200193 4500008004100000245013600041210006900177260001100246490000700257520256700264653009502831100002102926700001602947700001902963700002102982700001903003700002103022856005003043 2015 eng d00aCo-occurrence of three Aristolochia feeding Papilionids (Archon apollinus, Zerynthia polyxena and Zerynthia cerisy) in Greek Thrace0 aCooccurrence of three Aristolochia feeding Papilionids Archon ap c5/20150 v493 a

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.

10abutterfly demography; dispersal; oviposition; Lepidoptera; Mediterranean region; phenology1 aSlancarova, Jana1 aVrba, Pavel1 aPlatek, Michal1 aZapletal, Michal1 aSpitzer, Lukas1 aKonvicka, Martin uhttps://lepidopteragr.myspecies.info/node/70800424nas a2200121 4500008004500000245008400045210006900129300001000198490000700208653002100215100001600236856005000252 1915 Engldsh 00aBiology of Doritis apollinus Hbst. And its distribution in the Balkan Peninsula0 aBiology of Doritis apollinus Hbst And its distribution in the Ba a15-360 v1210aArchon apollinus1 aI., Buresch uhttps://lepidopteragr.myspecies.info/node/41200570nas a2200121 4500008004400000245023200044210006900276300001100345490000600356653001100362100002500373856005000398 1985 Germdn 00aRevision der Gattung Archon H?bner 1822 mit Angaben zur Biologie, Verbreitung, Morphologie und Systematik von Archon apollinus (Herbst 1798) und Archon apollinaris Staudinger [1892] 1891 (stat. nov.) (Lepidoptera, Papilionidae)0 aRevision der Gattung Archon Hbner 1822 mit Angaben zur Biologie  a97-1280 v810aArchon1 ade, Freina, Josef J. uhttps://lepidopteragr.myspecies.info/node/172