A nappali lepkefauna vizsgálata Székesfehérváron (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)

Abstract

The butterfly fauna of Szekesfehervar and the neighbouring plains, Mezőfold has not been wellknown until now, because only few lepidopterologists and collectors worked in the area and the number of publications was low. The author has been observing butterflies and recording data since the late 1980s and together with the data collected by Kalman Szeőke the number of species ever recorded in Szekesfehervar is currently 101, of which 43 are protected by the law. The most significant species are the strictly protected Colias chrysotheme, Maculinea nausithous, which reaches its southeastern area border in Hungary in this area and the very rare mediterranean vagrant species, Lampides boeticus. The present-day occurrences of Parnassius mnemosyne, Zerynthia polyxena, Lycaena dispar rutilus, Maculinea teleius and Spialia orbifer are also worth mentioning.