First record of the presence and reproduction of the two-tailed pasha Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus 1767) (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in northeastern Italy
https://doi.org/10.4081/nhs.2022.591
Accepted: 2 April 2022
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.
Charaxes jasius is reported for the first time for the Veneto region, in northeastern Italy. Both adults and caterpillars have been observed in the Euganean Hills (Colli Euganei Regional Park) between August and October 2021. The location is a xerothermic oasis that could provide the suitable environmental conditions for maintaining a population of this species, which is recently expanding its range to northern latitudes.
Abós L. & Stefanescu C., 1999 – Phenology of Charaxes jasius (Nymphalidae: Charaxinae) in the north-east Iberian Peninsula. Nota lepidopterologica, 22 (3): 162-182.
Aduse-Poku K., Vingerhoedt E. & Wahlberg N., 2009 – Out-of-Africa again: a phylogenetic hypothesis of the genus Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on five gene regions. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 53 (2): 463-478. <https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2009.06.021>
Argenti C., Masin R., Pellegrini B., Perazza G., Prosser F., Scortegagna S. & Tasinazzo S., 2019 – Flora del Veneto dalle Dolomiti alla Laguna veneziana, 1-2. Cierre Edizioni.
ARPAV, 2021 – Agenzia regionale per la prevenzione e protezione ambientale del Veneto. Dati storici. <https://www.arpa.veneto.it/arpavinforma/bollettini/dati-storici> (Accessed 18 October 2021).
Balletto E., Bonelli S., Barbero F., Casacci L. P., Dapporto L., Scalercio S. & Zilli A., 2016 – Charaxes jasius. In: Liste rosse italiane. IUCN, Comitato Italiano. <http://www.iucn.it/scheda.php?id=-149162885> (Accessed 18 October 2021).
Bonato L., Uliana M. & Beretta S., 2014 – Farfalle del Veneto: atlante distributivo. [Butterflies of Veneto: distributional atlas]. Regione Veneto, Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia. Marsilio Editori, Venezia.
Bonelli S., Casacci L. P., Barbero F., Cerrato C., Dapporto L., Sbordoni V., Scalercio S., Zilli A., Battistoni A., Teofili C., Rondinini C. & Balletto E., 2018 – The first red list of Italian butterflies. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 11 (5): 506-521. <https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12293>
Cancela J. P. & Vasconcelos S., 2019 – Ornamental plantings of Arbutus unedo L. facilitate colonisations by Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767) in Madrid province, central Spain. Nota Lepidopterologica, 42 (1): 63-68. <https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.42.34620>
Devictor V., Julliard R., Couvet D. & Jiguet F., 2008 –
Birds are tracking climate warming, but not fast enough. Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Biological Sciences, 275 (1652), 2743-2748. <https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2008.0878>
Devictor V., Van Swaay C., Brereton T., Brotons L., Chamberlain D., Heliölö J., Herrando S., Julliard R., Kuussaari M., Lindström A., Reif J., Roy D. B., Schweiger O., Settele J., Stefanescu C., Van Strien A., Van Turnhout C., Vermouzek Z., Wallis De Vries M., Wynhoff I. & Jiguet F., 2012 – Differences in the climatic debts of birds and butterflies at a continental scale. Nature Climate Change, 2 (2): 121-124. <https://doi.org/10.3897/nl.42.34627>
Gubler M., Henne P. D., Schwörer C., Boltshauser-Kaltenrieder P., Lotter A. F., Brönnimann S. & Tinner W., 2018 – Microclimatic gradients provide evidence for a glacial refugium for temperate trees in a sheltered hilly landscape of Northern Italy. Journal of biogeography, 45 (11): 2564-2575. <https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.13426>
Koren T., 2012 – On the occurrence of Charaxes jasius (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) in Istria, Croatia. Annales, Series Historia Naturalis, 22 (2): 177-182.
Masin R., Filesi L., Lasen C., Baro E. & Zampieri A., 2021 – Flora del gruppo del M. Ceva e della fascia torbosa di bonifica del “Ferro di Cavallo” (Colli Euganei, PD, NE Italia). [Flora of the Mount Ceva group and the peaty belt of the “Ferro di Cavallo” (Euganean Hills, PD, NE Italy)]. Natura Vicentina, 22: 49-113.
Menchetti M., Talavera G., Cini A., Salvati V., Dincă V., Platania L., Bonelli S., Balletto E., Vila R. & Dapporto L., 2021 – Two ways to be endemic. Alps and Apennines are different functional refugia during climatic cycles. Molecular Ecology, 30 (5): 1297-1310. <https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.15795>
Mingarro M., Cancela J. P., Burón-Ugarte A., García‐ Barros E., Munguira M. L., Romo H. & Wilson R. J., 2021 – Butterfly communities track climatic variation over space but not time in the Iberian Peninsula. Insect Conservation and Diversity, 14 (5): 647-660. <https://doi.org/10.1111/icad.12498>
Moretto E., Turchetto M. & Beghelli G., 1994 – L’occupazione dei rilievi (hill-topping) nel macaone, Papilio machaon L. (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae), quale strategia riproduttiva. Atti XVII Congresso Nazionale Italiano di Entomologia Udine 13-18 giugno 1994: 427-430.
Negrisolo E. & Calore F., 1999 – Nuovi dati sui Lepidotteri diurni dei Colli Euganei e considerazioni generali sul popolamento dell’area. Lavori, Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali, 24: 19-26.
Negrisolo E. & Uliana M., 2006 – Nuovi dati sui Ropaloceri dei Colli Euganei. Lavori, Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali, 31: 116-117.
Parenzan P. & Porcelli F., 2006 – I macrolepidotteri italiani. Fauna Lepidopterorum Italiae (Macrolepidoptera). Phytophaga, Palermo, 15: 5-391. (Con CD).
Parmesan C., Ryrholm N., Stefanescu C., Hill J. K., Thomas C. D., Descimon H., Huntley B., Kaila L., Kullberg J., Tammaru T., Tennent W. J., Thomas J. A. & Warren M., 1999 – Poleward shifts in geographical ranges of butterfly species associated with regional warming. Nature, 399 (6736): 579-583. <https://doi.org/10.1038/21181>
Scalercio S., Cini A., Menchetti M., Vodă R., Bonelli S., Bordoni A., Casacci L. P., Dincă V., Balletto E., Vila R. & Dapporto L., 2020 – How long is 3 km for a butterfly? Ecological constraints and functional traits explain high mitochondrial genetic diversity between Sicily and the Italian Peninsula. Journal of Animal Ecology, 89 (9): 2013-2026.
Simeoni A. & Dissard F., 2020 – Le Pacha à deux queues (Charaxes jasius) en Nouvelle-Aquitaine reproduction et expansion. Faune-Aquitaine Publication, 0060-FA2020: 1-13.
Stefanescu C. & Plana J., 2003 – Com afecta el rigor de l’hivern les poblacions catalanes de Charaxes jasius. Butlletí, Societat Catalana de Lepidopterologia, 91: 31-48.
Tolman T. & Lewington R., 2008 – Collins butterfly guide. The most complete guide to the butterflies of Britain and Europe. Collins, London.
Turchetto M., Gherlenda M., Camerin L., Moretto E., Casacci L. P., Bonelli S., Barbero F. & Balletto E., 2006 – La specificità del rapporto ospite parassita nei licenidi mirmecofili (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Atti 67° Congresso Nazionale Unione Zoologica Italiana, Napoli 12-15 Settembre 2006. Unione Zoologica Italiana: 62.
Uliana M., 2003 – Nuove segnalazioni di Ropaloceri per i Colli Euganei (Lepidoptera, Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea). Lavori, Società Veneziana di Scienze Naturali, 28: 79-80.
Verdugo A., 1984 – Charaxes jasius L. (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) en la provincia de Cádiz. Distribución, ecología y bionomía. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, 12 (47): 237-242.
Verovnik R., Rabuza N., Repar M., Zadrgal M. & Tout P., 2021 – On the presence of two-tailed pasha (Charaxes jasius (Linnaeus, 1767), Papilionoidea: Nymphalidae) in the Northeastern Adriatic region. Annales, Series historia naturalis, 31 (2): 285-290.
Copyright (c) 2022 the Author(s)
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
PAGEPress has chosen to apply the Creative Commons Attribution NonCommercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0) to all manuscripts to be published.
Downloads
Citations
