Butterfly (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) diversity and agricultural land use in Solčava area, N Slovenia.

The article presents a contribution to the knowledge of butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of the Solcavsko, an important area for nature conservation in Slovenia. Survey took place from June to August 2014 at six localities. Field observations were performed twice per month. The localities are characterised by different agricultural land use: pastures and meadows. Altogether 50 butterfly species were recorded at the surveyed localities. Eight species are reported for this area for the first time, two of them threatened and/or protected in Slovenia: Boloria selene and Lycaena alciphron. The study shows that surveyed pastures have predominantly higher butterfly diversity than meadows.