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A new locality of the violet copper Lycaena helle ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775) on the Balkan Peninsula


Mario Langourov https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6756-3420; Hilary Raeburn

22 July 2022 · volume 44 · (issue 6) · pp. 41–44 · PDF [full text]

Abstract: In the present article we summarised all known information on the species Lycaena helle ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775) from the Balkan Peninsula. A new locality of the species is given, where it is syntopic and synchronic with Clossiana eunomia (Esper, [1799]).

Keywords: distribution, Lycaena helle, new record, Serbia, Western Stara Planina Mts

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Langourov M., Raeburn H. 2022 A new locality of the violet copper Lycaena helle ([Denis et Schiffermüller], 1775) on the Balkan Peninsula. Historia naturalis bulgarica 44: 41–44.

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