Folia entomologica hungarica

Author(s): Bálint, Zs. & Katona, G.
Title: Data of Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea (Lepidoptera) from the Korean Peninsula in the collections of the Hungarian Natural History Museum
Year: 2012
Volume: 73
Pages: 77-104.

Abstract: Data of 22 species of hesperioid (Hesperiidae: 22) and 134 papilionoid (Lycaenidae: 29, Nymphalidae: 79, Papilionidae: 9 and Pieridae: 17) butterfly taxa collected in Korea are presented. Almost four decades of entomological exploration by the Hungarian Natural History Museum in the Korean Peninsula yielded the 1900 specimens listed here with a full list of the 263 releveant collecting events. 1771 specimen data (93%) exclusively originate from the northern part of the Peninsula. Colias chrysotheme andre HEMMING, 1933, turned to be new for the fauna of the entire Korean Peninsula. With 6 figures.
Keywords: faunistics, new records, Nymphalidae, Korean Peninsula, Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Colias chrysotheme
Subject: entomology

Journal: Folia entomologica hungarica
Journal abbreviation: Folia ent. hung.
ISSN: 0373-9465
Publisher: Hungarian Natural History Museum, Budapest
Editor(s): Merkl, O. & Fuisz, T. I.