A CONTRIBUTION TO THE STUDY OF DAILY BUTTERFLIES RHOPALOCERA (LEPIDOPTERA) IN A WIDER ČEMERNICA MOUNTAIN AREA

Abstract

Rizo Sijarić, the renowned B&H expert on daily butterflies, initiated studies of the species in Bosnian mountains (mountains of Uzlomac, Čemernica and Borja) in early 1990s. His research was conducted with only a few fieldworks and the number of registered species was small, especially in terms of each mountain separately. Hence, this paper represents an addition to earlier studies on the Čemernica Mountain and a continuation of exploration of Bosnian mountains. The research was conducted from 2006 to 2009. The butterflies were collected with the entomological net at the previously marked research sites. 94 daily butterfly species were identified at the target mountain. The paper provides a systematic and faunistic representation of the collected species, accompanied by the ecological analysis and comparison with daily butterfly fauna of other mountains.