Checklist of the butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of Montenegro
Author
Franeta, Filip
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-03-08
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journal article
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Kretania sephirus
(Frivaldsky, 1835)
—There are no published records for this species in
Montenegro
, although it occurs in the neighbouring countries of
Serbia
(
Jakšić
et al.
2013
) and
Albania
(
Verovnik & Popović 2013
). The author observed the species in the Kučka Krajina mountain range (Fig. 4.1 and 4.3), flying in meadows near Veruša on
June 13th 2017
, and in the company of Martin Gascoigne-Pees at Mt. Volušnica and on the Čakor pass (Fig. 4.2 and
Fig. 5
) in the Prokletije mountain range on
July 10th and 13th 2017
. The species was relatively common and males were seen mud puddling, while females remained near the host plant,
Astragalus
sp
.