Presentation of six butterflies species belonging to the subfamily Heliconiinae (Lep:Nymphalidae) of the Central Elburz | ||
| فصلنامه علمی زیست شناسی جانوری تجربی | ||
| Articles in Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available Online from 01 December 2013 | ||
| Author | ||
| rose salatin* | ||
| Abstract | ||
| lepidoptera class consists of butterflies and moths.this class has about 165000 species all over the world which 20000of these species are butterflies.Rhopalocera subclass which belongs to lepidoptera class, is the most familiar and specified of insects.these insects have considerable economical importance ,most of these species larvae are vegeterian and a large number of them are crop pests. on the other hand,in the mature stage ,they play an essential role in flowers pollination and growth.a lot of these mature species are gathered for their beauty by collectors and they are used as models in art and drawing. this study has done to complete Elborz butterflies fauna. in researches during spring and summer of 2010 on butterflies fauna in some parts of central Elborz(Dizin, Galandrud, Kamarbon, Nesen, Kodir and Baladeh), 170 butterfly samples of nymphalidae family were gathered by insect net and specified which among them 6 species belong to 3 genus and 2 tribes belong to nymphalinae subfamily. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Heliconiinae; Rhopalocera; Fauna; Iran | ||
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