A new population of Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) in South Italy (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Giuseppe Rijllo; Sara La Cava; Giada Zucco; Giuseppe Luzzi; Donata Coppola; Luciano Ferraro; Stefano Scalercio

doi:10.13133/2284-4880/1697

A new population of Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) in South Italy (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)

Authors

Giuseppe Rijllo CREA - Council for Agricultural Research and Economics
Sara La Cava 1Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Rende, Italy. Via Settimio Severo 85, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7967-5742
Giada Zucco Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Rende, Italy. Via Settimio Severo 85, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy https://orcid.org/0009-0000-1119-5737
Giuseppe Luzzi Ente Parco Nazionale Appennino Lucano-Val d’Agri-Lagonegrese, Marsico Nuovo 85052, Potenza, Italy
Donata Coppola Ente Parco Nazionale Appennino Lucano-Val d’Agri-Lagonegrese, Marsico Nuovo 85052, Potenza, Italy
Luciano Ferraro Ente Parco Nazionale Appennino Lucano-Val d’Agri-Lagonegrese, Marsico Nuovo 85052, Potenza, Italy
Stefano Scalercio Council for Agricultural Research and Economics (CREA), Research Centre for Forestry and Wood, Rende, Italy. Via Settimio Severo 85, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende (CS), Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5838-1315

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13133/2284-4880/1697

Keywords:

distribution, new record , Polyommatus galloi , National Park, biodiversity

Abstract

In the present study, we recorded the presence of Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) in a new area, enlarging the range of this species in southern Italy. Previously recorded only in the Pollino National Park, where it was initially described as a different species, a new population was discovered northward in the Appennino Lucano-Val d’Agri-Lagonegrese National Park.

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Dorsal and ventral view of two different specimens of Polyommatus ripartii

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Published

2025-06-30

How to Cite

Rijllo, G., La Cava, S., Zucco, G., Luzzi, G., Coppola, D., Ferraro, L. and Scalercio, S. (2025) “A new population of Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830) in South Italy (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)”, Fragmenta entomologica, 57(1), pp. 117–120. doi: 10.13133/2284-4880/1697.