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The southern swallowtail, Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae): New butterfly species for the fauna of Serbia

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article reports the first finding of the Southern Swallowtail, Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) in Serbia. The butterfly fauna of Serbia now comprises 202 species. A single male specimen was collected on May 9th, 2025, on a warm, dry serpentinite slope in southwestern Serbia, in the Zlatibor Nature Park, Čajetina municipality, Stublo village, in the lower part of the Uvac canyon, near the Uvac monastery. This species inhabits dry and warm shrublands and grasslands. Its distribution area is highly fragmented and extends from northern Spain, south-eastern France to the North-west and southernmost parts of Italy, the southern Balkans, Türkiye, the Caucasus, the Middle East and Central Asia. It is listed in Annex IV of the Habitats Directive (92/43/CEE), in Appendix II of the Bern Convention and is classified as near threatened (NT) in Europe according to the IUCN. A proposal for the Serbian name is "sokolov repak".

Source: Kragujevac Journal of Science

DOI: 10.5937/kgjsci2501111v

Authors: Filip Vukajlović, Kosta Reljić, Miloš Kostić, Bojana Vojnović

Institution: University of Kragujevac

Language: English

Topic: Lepidoptera: Biology and Taxonomy

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Ministarstvo Prosvete, Nauke i Tehnološkog Razvoja

Award: G1027579543