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Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Year: 2006 | Volume: 9 | Issue: 1 | Page No.: 76-79
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2006.76.79
Identification of Butterfly (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera) Fauna of Gokçeada and Bozcaada, Turkey
Z. Okyar and N. Aktac

Abstract: This study was carried out to determine the butterflies of Gökçeada and Bozcaada in Turkey. As a result, a total of 61 Lepidoptera species in the two islands was recorded. Of these, species 45 were found in Gökçeada and 16 species were found in Bozcaada. Additionally, it was appeared that 13 species for Gökçeada and all of the 16 species for Bozcaada were the first records.

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Z. Okyar and N. Aktac, 2006. Identification of Butterfly (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera) Fauna of Gokçeada and Bozcaada, Turkey. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 9: 76-79.

Keywords: Lepidoptera, butterfly, rhopalocera, Aegean Islands, Gokceada, Bozcaada and Turkey

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