During summer 2005 in Velebit Nature Park we came upon the butterfly Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775), which is considered rare in Croatia according to previous finds. In this paper we discuss the distribution, habitat characteristics and possible threat status of the mentioned species in the Croatian butterfly fauna.Tijekom terenskih istraživanja faune danjih leptira na prostoru Parka
prirode „Velebit“ u ljeto 2005. zabilježili smo vrstu Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775) koja je prema dosadašnjim nalazima rijetka u Hrvatskoj. U radu se govori o rasprostranjenosti navedene vrste u Hrvatskoj, karakteristikama i stanju staništa na kojem je zabilježena, kao i omogućem stupnju ugroženosti u fauni danjih leptira Hrvatske

Iva MIHOCI

Martina ŠAŠIĆ

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77NEW FINDING OF THE BUTTERFLY BRENTHIS INO (ROTTEMBURG, 1775) (LEPIDOPTERA: NYMPHALIDAE) IN CROATIAIva MIHOCI & Martina ŠAŠIĆDepartment of Zoology, Croatian Natural History Museum, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, ivamihoci@gmail.comAccepted: December 19, 2005During summer 2005 in Velebit Nature Park we came upon the butterﬂy Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775), which is considered rare in Croatia according to previous ﬁnds. In this paper we discuss the distribution, habitat characteristics and possible threat status of the mentioned species in the Croatian butterﬂy fauna.Brenthis ino, distribution, habitat, CroatiaI. MIHOCI, M. ŠAŠIĆ, Novi nalaz vrste Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) u Hrvatskoj, Zoološki odjel Hrvatskog prirodoslovnog muzeja, Demetrova 1, 10000 Zagreb, ivamihoci@gmail.com, - Entomol. Croat. 2005, Vol. 9. Num.1-2: 77-83Tijekom terenskih istraživanja faune danjih leptira na prostoru Parka prirode „Velebit“ u ljeto 2005. zabilježili smo vrstu Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775) koja je prema dosadašnjim nalazima rijetka u Hrvatskoj. U radu se govori o rasprostranjenosti navedene vrste u Hrvatskoj, karakteristikama i stanju staništa na kojem je zabilježena, kao i omogućem stupnju ugroženosti u fauni danjih leptira Hrvatske.Brenthis ino, rasprostranjenost, stanište, Hrvatska IntroductionIn the European butterﬂy fauna there are three species representing the Brenthis genus: Brenthis daphne (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Brenthis hecate (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) and Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775). B. daphne Den. & Sch. and B. ino Rott. are morphologically very similar and according to Tolman & Lewington (1997) the main distinguishing feature of these two species is in the hind-wing underside base of the cell s4 (adjacent to the cell-end), which Entomol. Croat. 2005, Vol. 9. Num. 1-2: 77 - 83 UDC 595.789(497.5)ISSN 1330-6200 78is wholly yellow and visible as a discrete, rectilinear spot separating the cell from the dark post-discal area (Fig. 1). Additionally, Matsuoka et al. (1983) investigated the allozyme data of B. ino and B. daphne which showed lack of genic differenti-ation between them, indicating that their divergence might be a relatively recent event in evolutionary history. B. daphne and B. ino are both Palaearctic species. According to Tolman & Lewington (1997) the Marbled Fritillary (B. daphne) is distributed from southern Europe, north-eastern Turkey, Iraq, Iran, southern Siberia, Mongolia and China to Japan. On the other hand, the Lesser Marbled Fritillary (B. ino) is present from Europe, Turkey, throughout temperate Asia and the Polar Urals to Japan (Tolman & Lewington, 1997). In European scope, the Entomol. Croat. 2005, Vol. 9. Num. 1-2: 77 - 83I. MIHOCI & M. ŠAŠIĆ: New ﬁnding of the butterﬂy brenthis ino ...Fig. 1. Forewing and hindwing upper- and under-sides of Brenthis ino (Rottemburg, 1775)  (a,b) and Brenthis daphne (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (c,d) collected at the Sunđerac locality in Velebit Nature Park79Lesser Marbled Fritillary has a wider range and can be found in northern Europe as well (Danish mainland, Norway, Sweden and Finland) (http://www.faunaeur.org/), but has disappeared from the Netherlands through habitat loss, probably land drainage (Chinery, 1989). According to Lepidopterologen-Arbeitsgruppe (1987) the Lesser Marbled Fritillary is a univoltine butterﬂy with adults ﬂying from mid-June to the end of July and at the highest altitudes until August. Males are usually on patrol in search of females, while females spent the most of time ﬂying and nectaring. The nectar plants most used are Cirsium spp. and Centaurea jacea L. by males and Sanguisorba ofﬁcinalis L. and Knautia arvensis (L.) Coult. by females (Zimmer-mann et al., 2005). Females lay eggs singly and larvae live solitarily. Larvae host plants are Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim., Sanguisorba ofﬁcinalis L., Rubus spp. and various others (Zimmermann et al., 2005). The Lesser Marbled Fritillary is one of the rare successful wetland butterﬂies (Zimmermann et al., 2005). According to Van Swaay & Warren (1999) the Lesser Marbled Fritillary populations are increasing in countries neighbouring  Croatia, Slovenia and Hungary, as well as in Luxembourg and the Czech Republic. At the end of the 20th century the B. ino was rare, local and considered vulnerable in Slovenia (Carnelluti, 1992) but has lately become much more widespread (Predo-vnik & Verovnik, 2004). According to the latest paper on the demography, disper-sal and behaviour of the Lesser Marbled Fritillary in western Bohemia (Czech Republic) by Zimmermann et al. (2005) this is for several reasons, like  syntopic feeding on a wider range of plants, low selectivity for habitat architecture and the availability of extensive hay meadows with infrequently mown parts.On the other hand B. ino has disappeared from the Netherlands (Chinery, 1989), and it is decreasing in Austria, where a decrease of 75-100% has been per-ceived over the last 25 years, in Germany, Denmark and Romania, where a decre-ase of 15-25% has been perceived over the last 25 years (Van Swaay & Warren, 1999), as well as in Bulgaria (Ganev, 1985) and Serbia (Jakšić, 2003). According to IUCN classiﬁcation the Lesser Marbled Fritillary has been classiﬁed as vulne-rable (V) in Bulgaria and endangered (E) in Serbia (Yugoslavia) (Jakšić, 2003).Entomol. Croat. 2005, Vol. 9. Num. 1-2: 77 - 83I. MIHOCI & M. ŠAŠIĆ: New ﬁnding of the butterﬂy brenthis ino ...80Material and MethodsButterﬂies were collected using an entomological net in Velebit Nature Park at the Sunđerac locality on July, 28th 2005. Specimens are now placed in the butterﬂy collection in the Department of Zoology in the Croatian Natural History Museum in Zagreb. Taxonomic determination was done according to Tolman & Lewington (1997), and butterﬂy nomenclature according to Karsholt & Razowski (1996). The geological bedrock was proved using geological sheet-map Gospić (L 33-127, 1:100000).Results and DiscussionIn July 2005, while collecting and observing butterﬂies at different locations in Velebit Nature Park, we found two species from the Brenthis genus at 1146 a.s.l. at the Sunđerac locality, on July 28th 2005 (Fig. 1). Abundance and frequ-ency of occurrence of B. daphne were much higher than that of B. ino (only two specimens observed and collected). Besides Nymphalis xanthomelas (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775), Apatura metis Freyer, 1829 and Nymphalis vau-album (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) (Šašić & Kučinić, 2004) and according to previous ﬁnds the Lesser Marble Fri-tillary is one of the rarest nymphalid butterﬂies in Croatian fauna. Hitherto it has been found on several locations in small populations (Fig. 2). The ﬁrst ﬁnd was that of Josef Mann in 1866 in the area that was then called the Croatian Milita-ry Border, probably in Josipdol although no precise location was given (Mann, 1867). That same locality was cited by Abaﬁ-Aigner et al. (1896) several years later in 1896.The next B. ino ﬁnding site was discovered  at Plitvice Lakes, close to Pli-tvički Ljeskovac (Koča, 1901). At that locality Gjuro Koča found only one spe-cimen, on July, 17th 1891.Next, while collecting and observing Macrolepidoptera in the Kupa River valley (the upper course of the Kupa River) Lidija Mladinov collected one spe-cimen of B. ino near the Croatian-Slovenian border at Čedanj on July, 13th 1980 (Mladinov, 1980).The next ﬁnding site of the Lesser Marbled Fritillary was marked as a dot by Jakšić (1988) in the provisional distribution maps of the butterﬂies of Yugosla-via the Žumberak Mt. peak Sveta Gera. Overviewing butterﬂy collections in the Entomol. Croat. 2005, Vol. 9. Num. 1-2: 77 - 83I. MIHOCI & M. ŠAŠIĆ: New ﬁnding of the butterﬂy brenthis ino ...81Department of Zoology in the Croatian National History Museum we came upon six specimens of the Lesser Marbled Fritillary in Lorković’s butterﬂy collection. They were all collected by Zdravko Lorković from July, 21st to July, 23rd 1921 at the locality Sveta Gera. Also there are two recent ﬁndings: Sveta Gera June, 14th 1991 and Slapnica June, 9th 2001 (Bojanić, 2001)In July 2005 two specimens of B. ino were collected at the locality Sunđerac in Velebit Nature Park. Sunđerac is a well-preserved, large wet-meadow com-Fig. 2. The distribution of the Lesser Marbled Fritillary (Brenthis ino Rott.) in Croatia. 1-Josipdol (Mann, 1867; Abaﬁ-Aigner et al., 1896), 2- Plitvički Ljeskovac (Plitvice Lakes) (Koča, 1901), 3, 4-Žumberak Mountain-Sveta Gera & Slapnica (Jakšić, 1988; Bojanić, 2001), 5-Čedanj (Kupa River valley) (Mladinov, 1980), 6-Sunđerac (Nature Park Velebit, leg. I. Mihoci)Entomol. Croat. 2005, Vol. 9. Num. 1-2: 77 - 83I. MIHOCI & M. ŠAŠIĆ: New ﬁnding of the butterﬂy brenthis ino ...82plex with a few minor springs rising at the meadow boundary and continuing in streams with a short ﬂow. According to the geological sheet-map of Gospić (L 33-127) the geological surface at of Sunđerac is an alternation of calcareous and dolomitic substrates. Because of the very speciﬁc ﬂoristic diversity Sunđerac is protected as a Floristic Reserve. Although, Sunđerac is still well preserved the main conservation concern is that forest succession should be prevented in that speciﬁc wetland habitat. In the same habitat we have also collected  pierids Aporia crataegi (Linna-eus, 1758), Pieris brassicae (Linnaeus, 1758), Colias crocea (Fourcroy, 1785), Gonepteryx rhamni (Linnaeus, 1758), lycaenids Lycaena virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758), Celastrina argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758), nymphalids Vanessa atalanta (Lin-naeus, 1758), Inachis io (Linnaeus, 1758), Brenthis daphne (Denis & Schiffer-müller, 1775), Polygonia egea (Cramer, 1775), Boloria euphrosyne (Linnaeus, 1758), Argynnis paphia (Linnaeus, 1758), Argynnis adippe (Denis & Schiffer-müller, 1775), Argynnis aglaja (Linnaeus, 1758), Melanargia galathea (Linnae-us, 1758), Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758), Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli, 1763), Erebia oeme (Hübner, 1804), Erebia ligea (Linnaeus, 1758), Coenonympha arca-nia (Linnaeus, 1761), Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788) and hesperid Ochlodes venata (Bremer & Grey, 1853).Future investigations will be focused on establishing the distribution of B. ino in Croatia, deﬁning the size and number of the known and detecting new popula-tions, understanding the ecological requirements that affect population structure, dynamics and persistence. 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