DATA ON BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS FROM THE REGION OF SLAVEYNO, WESTERN RHODOPERHODOPE MOUNTAINS (INSECTA, LEPIDOPTERA)
DIMITAR KAYNAROV, IVAN ANDREEV* , STELA DIPCHIKOVA
Department of Zoology and Anthropology, Faculty of Biology, Sofia University, 8 Dragan Tzankov blvd 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria
* Corresponding author: andreevivan112@gmail.com
Keywords: Lepidoptera, faunistics, Bulgaria, protected species
Abstract: New faunistical records on butterflies and moths from the region of Slaveyno Village, Western RhodopeRhodope Mountains, Bulgaria are given. The material was collected by students during a field practice organized by The Faculty of Biology, Sofia University. As a result sixty-three species of butterflies and moths from twelve families from the region of Slaveyno Village were identified. The Balkan endemic subspecies – Adscita statices drenowskii (Alberti, 1939) and the protected species – Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758) were also found.