A Faunistic Study of Diurnal and Nocturnal Lepidoptera in Darboǧaz, Bolkar Mountains (Niǧde, Turkey)

Hüseyinoǧlu Y., ATAY E.

Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, cilt.90, sa.1, ss.44-53, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 90 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.2317/16-7.1
  • Dergi Adı: Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.44-53
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: biodiversity, butterfly, Fauna, moth, Ulukişla
  • Hatay Mustafa Kemal Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, the fauna of diurnal and nocturnal Lepidoptera from the Darboǧaz, Bolkar Mountains in Ulukişla, Niǧde province in the south of the Anatolian region of Turkey has been investigated. Field studies were carried out during the years 2008 and 2009. Specimens of butterflies and moths were collected from nine localities for this study. These specimens belong to 63 diurnal and 105 nocturnal species distributed in 15 families. The distribution of species, according to families, is as follows: Hesperidae, 7; Nymphalidae, 18; Papilionidae, 1; Pieridae, 7; Lycaenidae, 30; Crambidae, 17; Pyralidae, 10; Drepanoidae, 2; Lasiocampidae, 3; Sphingidae, 1; Geometridae, 28; Erebidae, 10; Noctuidae, 30; Nolidae, 2 and Notodontidae, 2. The evaluation of literature revealed that forty of 63 butterflies and all of the moths species determined in this study are newly recorded for the Lepidoptera fauna of the Darboǧaz, Bolkar Mountains.