The butterfly fauna of the Italian Maritime Alps: results of the EDIT project Author Bonelli, Simona Author Barbero, Francesca Author Casacci, Luca Pietro Author Cerrato, Cristiana Author Balletto, Emilio text Zoosystema 2015 2015-03-31 37 1 139 167 http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/z2015n1a6 journal article 10.5252/z2015n1a6 1638-9387 5154896 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:50A2BE48-F689-4577-A91C-9ADE9E9AF56E Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946 Leptidea sinapis juvernica Williams, 1946: 79 . FIRST RECORD FOR THE VALDIERI AREA. — Gianti & Gallo (2002) (as Leptidea reali ). This species was initially recorded as Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1990 . For the moment, the occurrence in Italy of L. juvernica is based on a small number of specimens from the E Alps (V. Dincă, in litt.). The “non L. sinapis populations” of C Italy have been demonstrated to represent L. reali ( Dincă et al. 2011 , 2013 ). In N Italy , 25 “non FIG 2. — Parnassius mnemosyne ( Linnaeus, 1758 ) . Photograph: Davide Piccoli. L. sinapis populations” have been recorded, but no molecular data are currently available for the Valdieri area. However, L. juvernica is known to occur at least in NE Italy , at the Val di Tovo lakes ( Dincă et al. 2011 , 2013 ). CHOROTYPE. — Centralasiatic-European. ECOLOGY. — Subnemoral, lower to upper montane, mesophilous, mesophilous.