Woodland Brown Lopinga achine (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) still surviving in the Hlučín region?

Kuras, Tomáš; Mazalová, Monika

doi:10.2478/cszma-2023-0011

Abstract

The study is focused on the distribution of the critically endangered Lopinga achine in the Hlučín region, near the border to Poland. Lopinga achine has been considered extinct there since the early 1970s. The paper provides data on the current distribution at several new localities in the vicinity of Vřesina near Opava, Píšt, Hať and Děhylov (Silesia). The population of L. achine is not abundant in the Hlučín region. Host plant of the larvae is the sedge Carex brizoides, which makes it different from most other European populations. Currently, two isolated populations of L. achine survive in the Czech Republic (i.e. populations in Silesia and southeastern Moravia). Both the populations are threatened with extinction due to changes in forest management.

References

Beneš J. & Kuras T. (1997): Dlouhodobé změny diverzity heliofilních motýlů (Lepidoptera) Opavské pahorkatiny a Nízkého Jeseníku (Česká republika). II. [Long-term diversity changes of butterflies and burnets (Lepidoptera) in the Opavská pahorkatina Hills and the Nízký Jeseník Mountains (Czech Republic) – II.] – Čas. Slez. Muz. Opava (A), 46: 265–286.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Beneš J., Konvička M., Dvořák J., Fric Z., Havelda Z., Pavlíčko A., Vrabec V. & Weidenhoffer Z. (2002): Motýli České republiky: Rozšíření a ochrana. I., II. [Butterflies of the Czech Republic: Distribution and Conservation I., II.]. Praha: SOM. 857 pp.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Bergman K. & Landin J. (2002): Population structure and movements of a threatened butterfly (Lopinga achine) in a fragmented landscape in Sweden. – Biol. Conserv., 108: 361–369.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Bergman K. (1999): Habitat utilization by Lopinga achine (Nymphalidae: Satyrinae) larvae and ovipositing females: implications for conservation. – Biol. Conserv., 88: 69–74.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Bergman K. (2001): Population dynamics and the importance of habitat management for conservation of butterfly Lopinga achine. – J. Appl. Ecol., 38: 1303–1313.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Buszko J. & Masłowski J. (2008): Motyle dzienne Polski [Butterflies of Poland]. Koliber, Nowy Sącz, 274 pp.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Hejda R., Farkač J. & Chobot K. [eds] (2017): Červený seznam ohrožených druhů České republiky. Bezobratlí [Red List of threatened species of the Czech Republic. Invertebrates]. – Příroda, Praha, 36: 1–612.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Chytrý M., Kučera T., Kočí M., Grulich V. & Lustyk P. [ eds] (2010): Katalog biotopů České republiky [Habitat Catalogue of the Czech Republic]. Ed. 2. Agentura ochrany přírody a krajiny ČR, Praha, 445 pp.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Konvicka M., Novak J., Benes J., Fric Z., Bradley J., Keil P., Hrcek J., Chobot K. & Marhoul P. (2008): The last population of the Woodland brown butterfly (Lopinga achine) in the Czech Republic: habitat use, demography and site management. – J. Insect. Conserv., 12: 549–560.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Kuras T., Mazalová M., Koubíková L. & Losík J. (2023): Okáč jílkový (Lopinga achine), stále přežívá na Hlučínsku? Populační struktura a návrh managementu izolované populace druhu v okolí Děhylova [Lopinga achine, still surviving in the Hlučín region? Population structure and management proposal of an isolated population of the species in the vicinity of Děhylov], p. 12–13. In: Laštůvka Z. & Šefrová H. [eds], XIII. lepidopterologické kolokvium. Program a sborník abstraktů z konference 1. února 2023. MENDELU v Brně, Brno, 28 pp.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Pijáček J. (1949): Okáč jílkový – Pararge achine Scop. [Woodland Brown – Pararge achine Scop.]. – Přírod. Sborn. Ostrav. Kraje, Ostrava, 10: 76.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Pijáček J. (1951): První příspěvek k průzkumu motýlí fauny na Hlučínsku [First contribution to the survey of butterfly fauna in the Hlučín region]. – Přírod. Sborn. Ostrav. Kraje, Ostrava, 12: 248–258.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Pruner L. & Míka P. (1996): Seznam obcí a jejich částí v České republice s čísly mapových polí pro síťové mapování fauny [List of settlements in the Czech Republic with associated map field codes for faunistic grid mapping system]. – Klapalekiana, 32: 1–115.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Schweizerischer Bund für Naturschutz (SBN) (Hrsg.) & Lepidopterologen-Arbeitsgruppe ( 1987): Tagfalter und ihre Lebensräume. (1987): Talgfalter und ihre Lebensräume: Arten, Gefährdung, Schutz. Band 1. Schweizerischer Bund für Naturschutz, Basel, 516 pp.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Stiova L. (1973): Výskyt denních motýlů v oblasti Oderských vrchů, Jeseníků a Hlučínské pahorkatiny [Distribution of butterflies in the Oderské vrchy Hills, Jeseníky Mountains and Hlučínská pahorkatina Highlands]. – Entomol. Zpravod., Ostrava-Poruba, 3(2, 3): 1–20, 1–15.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Streitberger M., Herman G., Kraus W. & Fartman T. (2012): Modern forest management and the decline of the Woodland Brown (Lopinga achine) in Central Europe. – For. Ecol. Manage., 269: 239–248.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article
Van Swaay C., Cuttelod A., Collins S., Maes D., López Munguira M., Šašić M., Settele J., Verovnik R., Verstrael T., Warren M., Wiemers M. & Wynhof I. (2010): European Red List of Butterflies. Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 47 pp.
Search in Google Scholar Back to article

Woodland Brown Lopinga achine (Nymphalidae, Satyrinae) still surviving in the Hlučín region?

Abstract

Paradigm

My account