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The Brown Hairstreak ( Thecla betulae L.) is one of the least observed butterflies of the Palaearctic region, even though its distribution spans from Portugal in the west, to Russia and Korea in the far east. Adults are arboreal and seldom descend to ground level. As a result, this species is mostly monitored via the detection of eggs on the food p...
32 species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna, mainly as a result of fieldwork undertaken by the authors and others in 2016. In addition, second and third records for the country, new province records and new food-plant data for a number of species are included. A summary of recent papers affecting the Portuguese fauna is included.
Como resultado del trabajo de campo efectuado por los autores y otros, principalmente durante el año de 2015, se añaden 39 especies de Lepidoptera a la fauna de Portugal y se elimina una especie. Adicionalmente, se presentan segundos y terceros registros de especies para el país y también nuevas plantas nutricias para algunas especies. Se amplía la...
A Serra do Buçaco, localizada na zona centro de Portugal, encontra-se bastante marcada pela acção humana. As actividades associadas à silvicultura intensiva de pinheiro-bravo e eucalipto e mais recentemente os impactos notórios de espécies invasoras como as acácias constituem importantes factores de perturbação, levando à perda e fragmentação de ha...
38 species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna and three species deleted, mainly as a
result of fieldwork undertaken by the authors and others in 2014. In addition, second and third records
for the country and new food-plant data for a number of species are included. A summary of recent
papers affecting the Portuguese fauna is included.
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27 species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna and four species deleted, mainly as a result of
fieldwork undertaken by the authors in 2013. In addition, second and third records for the country and new foodplant
data for a number of species are included. A summary of papers mainly published in 2013 affecting the
Portuguese fauna is includ...
A project to identify hotspot areas in Portugal especially rich in Lepidoptera biodiversity has initiated field work in recent years in the Tejo Internacional Natural Park, in the extreme east of central Portugal. To date, this has confirmed the presence of 461 butterfly and moth (Rhopalocera and Heterocera) species belonging to 49 different famili...
28 species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna and four species deleted, mainly as a result of fieldwork undertaken by the authors in the last year. In addition, second and third records for the country and new food-plant data for a number of species are included. A summary of papers mainly published in 2010 concerning the Portuguese faun...
47 species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna and four species deleted, mainly as a result of fieldwork undertaken by the authors in 2011. In addition, second and third records for the country and new food-plant data for a number of species are included. A summary of papers mainly published in 2011 affecting the Portuguese fauna is inclu...
Earias albovenosana (Oberthür 1917), for a long time considered a North African species, is reported from several locations in the Iberian Peninsula (both Portugal and Spain), from where it is formally mentioned for the first time. Adults are characterized and compared to those of other Iberian congeneric species, particularly the most similar one,...
35 species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna and three species deleted, mainly as a result of fieldwork undertaken by the authors in the last year. In addition, second and third records for the country and new food-plant data for a number of species are included. A summary of papers published in 2008 affecting the Portuguese fauna is in...
38 species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna and two species deleted, mainly as a result of fieldwork undertaken by the authors in the last year. In addition, second and third records for the country and new food-plant data for a number of species are included. A summary of papers published in 2007 affecting the Portuguese fauna is incl...
75 species are added to the Portuguese Lepidoptera fauna and two species deleted, mainly as a result of recent fieldwork by the authors.
This work includes Lepidoptera records obtained from field work carried out in the area known as ¿BaixoMondego¿ or the Lower Mondego Valley (Beira Litoral) over the years 1998 to 2005. The three main sampling are-as were chosen for having some special statute of protection. The localities show some diversity in spite of their clo-se geographical pr...
Resumen: Durante una expedición de tres días y noches en el sur del Parque Natural da Serra da Estrela, entre los dias 21 y 23 de Agosto 2003, fueron registradas las especies de macrolepidópteros observadas durante el día, en el campo, y por la noche, las atraídas a las luces. En total fueron registradas 133 especies y, entre ellas, dos nuevos para...
Se actualiza el conocimiento de la fauna de ropalóceros (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea & Papilionoidea) del noreste de Portugal, con la adición de algunas especies anteriormente no conocidas del país. A la vez se añaden datos faunísticos de ciertas especies raras.
