Red Book of Butterflies in Turkey Red Book of Butterflies in Turkey

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104 003190 003310 003580 Family: NYMPHALIDAE Pyronia cecilia (Vallantin, 1894) English: Southern Gatekeeper Turkish: Sesilya RED LIST ASSESSMENT JUSTIFICATION Southern Gatekeeper (Pyronia cecilia) is a western and central Mediterranean species recorded from Spain and Morocco eastwards as far as NE Libya and NW Turkey. There are only five records from Turkey: Bursa (1851), Amasya (1855) and three records from Istanbul with the most recent from Belgrade Forest in 1973. Despite regular visits to this area by butterfly watchers there are no recent records. The species’ habitat in Europe is described as ‘dry grasslands, rocky slopes with grassy vegetation, open scrub, and now and then woodland clearings’ (Settele et al. 2008b) which seems to emphasize that the forest habitats of NW Turkey where it has been recorded are at the edge of its range. Since Settele et al. (2008b) consider that its present distribution can be well explained by climatic variables it is also very possible that its range has contracted and the species is no longer present in Turkey. This ‘edge of range effect’ may also explain why records of this species have always been rare. Research is required to ascertain whether this species is still present and where. Until this information is available it is listed as Data Deficient. Family: NYMPHALIDAE Coenonympha phryne (Pallas, 1771) English: Siberian Brown Turkish: Sibirya Perisi RED LIST ASSESSMENT JUSTIFICATION Siberian Brown (Coenonmypha phryne) is a species of steppe and semi-desert habitats on plains and in the mountains (up to 3,000 m) from the north Caspian eastwards to the Altai Mountains, Mongolia (Tuzov et al. 2000). The old records from four localities in the volcanic mountains of eastern Turkey are thus of interest and may indicate a relict population. The records are from Iğdır (most recent record, 1934) and Ağrı (1956). Research is required in this relatively little visited area of Turkey to ascertain whether this species is still present and where. Until this information is available it is listed as Data Deficient. Family: HESPERIIDAE Pyrgus cirsii (Rambur, 1839) English: Cinquefoil Skipper Turkish: Beşparmakotu Zıpzıpı RED LIST ASSESSMENT JUSTIFICATION Until recently Cinquefoil Skipper (Pyrgus cirsii) has been considered to occur as two separate subpopulations, one in western Europe and the other in eastern Turkey and NW Iran (Kudrna 2002, Hesselbarth et al. 1995, Nazari 2003). In Europe it is largely a lowland grassland species occurring between 300-1,300 m, whilst in Turkey it occurs at 1,300-2,700 m (Hesselbarth et al. 1995). However, the recently revised European Red List (van Swaay et al. 2009j) has decided on a different treatment; it presents P. cirsii as a European endemic and suggests that the status of the species in Turkey be revised. In Iran, Nazari (2003) uses the name P. (carlinae) cirsii for this species. Carline Skipper (P. carlinae) also occurs in western Europe – in the western Alps at altitudes up to 2,200 m – but, since P. cirsii and P. carlinae occur side-by-side in Europe, with many apparent cases of hybridization and no detectable differences morphologically or in genitalia, in the past there was much discussion about whether they represent one or two species (e.g. Hesselbarth et al. 1995). Apparently resolving the taxonomic uncertainty, the revised European Red List (van Swaay et al. 2009i) also presents P. carlinae as a European endemic. However, this leaves the Turkish-Iranian population as a Turkish near endemic with no name. Despite searches in suitable habitat (S. Ekşioğlu pers. comm. 2009) there have been no confirmed records of this taxon in Turkey since 1993. This species is thus listed as Data Deficient. DD Data Deficient References Settele, J., Kudrna, O., Harpke, A., Kühn, I., van Swaay, C., Verovnik, R., Warren, M., Wiemers, M., Hanspach, J., Hickler, T., Kühn, E., van Halder, I., Velling, K., Vliegenthart, A., Wynhoff, I. and Schweiger, O. (2008b) Pyronia cecilia IN: Climatic Risk Atlas of European Butterflies. Biorisk 1 (Special Issue), Sofia, Moscow: Pensoft, pp.498-499. DD Data Deficient DD Data Deficient References Ekşioğlu, S. (2009): Red List Working Group Seminar, 10-12 August 2009. van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Šašic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M. and Settele, J. (2009i) Pyrgus carlinae IN: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2010. Version 2010.4. [Online]. Available from: www.iucnredlist.org. [Downloaded on 14 January 2011]. van Swaay, C., Wynhoff, I., Verovnik, R., Wiemers, M., López Munguira, M., Maes, D., Šašic, M., Verstrael, T., Warren, M. and Settele, J. (2009j) Pyrgus cirsii IN: IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2010. Version 2010.4. [Online]. Available from: www.iucnredlist.org. [Downloaded on 14 January 2011]. Karaçetin, E. and Welch, H.J. (2011). Red Book of Butterflies in Turkey. Ankara, Turkey: Doğa Koruma Merkezi. Available from: [www.dkm.org.tr]
003680 003690 Family: HESPERIIDAE Eogenes lesliei Evans, 1926 English: Pakistani Skipper Turkish: Pakistan Zıpzıpı RED LIST ASSESSMENT JUSTIFICATION Pakistani Skipper (Eogenes lesliei) is recorded from Pakistan, Iraq and Turkey (Hesselbarth et al. 1995), with additional possible records from the N Arabian Gulf in 1943 (Nazari 2003). In Turkey, between 1983-1990 there were four records from two localities in Siirt, both described as ‘hot habitats’ (Hesselbarth et al. 1995). Hululuk: a valley with open Quercus brantii shrubland on the slopes of the enclosing mountains, and Baykan: a recently (in 1990) afforested area on valley slopes (Hesselbarth et al. 1995). No more is known about this species in Turkey. In order to assess its threat status, research is required to better understand its distribution, population dynamics and the effects of afforestation. Without this information this species is listed as Data Deficient. Family: HESPERIIDAE Gegenes nostrodamus (Fabricius, 1793) English: Mediterranean Skipper Turkish: Nostrodamus RED LIST ASSESSMENT JUSTIFICATION Mediterranean Skipper (Gegenes nostrodamus) is a local and rare species recorded from the Mediterranean coastal region, across Arabia to Afghanistan, Pakistan and N India (Tuzov et al. 1997). In Turkey, the species is largely restricted to the country’s western and southern borders. Since 1980 there have been records from 11 localities in seven provinces: Aydın, İzmir, Adıyaman, Batman, Gaziantep, Şırnak and Şanlıurfa, plus Koçak and Kemal (2009) record it as occurring in Hatay, Tekirdağ, Malatya and Siirt. However, although new provinces have been added to its distribution range in recent years, there are nine provinces from which it has not been recorded for 30 years or more (Adana [1963], Antalya [1974], Bursa [1851], Çanakkale [1921], Erzincan [1977], İstanbul [1922], Kahramanmaraş [1932], Manisa [1878] and Mersin [1895]). The lack of records from these provinces might indicate a range contraction, but it might also indicate a lack of research and/or misidentification of the species due to its similarity with the more common Gegenes pumilio. In order to assess the species’ threat status a better understanding of its current distribution and population are needed, together with information on threats. Without this information it is listed as Data Deficient. Karaçetin, E. and Welch, H.J. (2011). Red Book of Butterflies in Turkey. Ankara, Turkey: Doğa Koruma Merkezi. Available from: [www.dkm.org.tr] Red Book of Butterflies in Turkey DD Data Deficient DD Data Deficient 105
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Acknowledgements Foreword 1 The Imp
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