Nuovi dati sulla distribuzione in Toscana di alcuni lepidotteri ropaloceri rari o poco noti (Hesperoidea, Papilionoidea)

In recent years we have made many records of ropalocerans uncommon in Tuscany (Gegenes nostrodamus, Parnassius apollo, Parnassius mnemosyne, Zerynthia cassandra, Hamearis lucina, Lycaena thersamon, Lycaena virgaureae, Thecla betulae, Maculinea arion, Iolana iolas, Brenthis hecate, Boloria dia, Euphydryas provincialis, Apatura ilia, Limenitis camilla, Melanargia arge, Danaus chrysippus) or never hitherto reported from the Tuscan Archipelago (Pyrgus malvoides, Gonepteryx rhamni, Danaus chrysippus). These records contribute to the Tuscan distribution of rare species and in some cases are the first reports from the Provinces of Florence (L. thersamon), Siena (G. nostrodamus and L. camilla) and Grosseto (L. camilla) or from islands of the Tuscan Archipelago, such as Elba (P. malvoides), Giglio (G. rhamni) and Pianosa (D. chrysippus). © 2011, Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali. All rights reserved.