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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10.11646/zootaxa.4392.1.6
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Neptis sappho
(Pallas, 1771)
—A widespread species in forest ecosystems in the Balkans, yet exceedingly rare in
Montenegro
, with no published records. Mostly worn males were observed by the author in the vicinity of Bijelo Polje near the border with
Serbia
on
August 18th 2006
(
Fig. 6
), and several specimens in the Đalovića
gorge
, also in the vicinity of Bijelo Polje, on
June 10th 2017
. The status of this species in
Montenegro
needs further investigation, but it is possibly present in more localities in the north of the country.