# New Distributional Data of Butterflies in the Middle of the Mediterranean Basin: An Area Very Sensitive to Expected Climate Change

Authors: Stefano Scalercio
Journal: Dataset Papers in Science
 (2014)

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## Abstract

Butterflies are known to be very sensitive to environmental changes. Species distribution is modified by climate warming with latitudinal and altitudinal range shifts, but also environmental perturbations modify abundance and species composition of communities. Changes can be detected and described when large datasets are available, but unfortunately only for few Mediterranean countries they were created. The butterfly fauna of the Mediterranean Basin is very sensitive to climate warming and there is an urgent need of large datasets to investigate and mitigate risks such as local extinctions or new pest outbreaks. The fauna of Calabria, the southernmost region of peninsular Italy, is composed also of European species having here their southern range. The aim of this dataset paper is to increase and update the knowledge of butterfly distribution in a region very sensitive to climate warming that can become an early-warning area.


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## 1. Introduction

Large and updated datasets are fundamental tools for investigating the effects of climatic changes and environmental perturbations on biodiversity, mainly of sensitive taxa such as butterflies [1]. Butterflies are known to react to climate warming with latitudinal and altitudinal range shifts [2], but these changes are detectable only if distributional datasets are available. In Europe, some countries (Belgium, Finland, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, and UK) adopted a standardized butterfly monitoring scheme from several years [3], but in the Mediterranean areas only the Catalan Butterfly Monitoring Scheme (http://www.catalanbms.org/) and the Suivi Temporel des Rhopalocères de France (http://vigienature.mnhn.fr/page/suivi-temporel-des-rhopaloceres-de-france) are working.Models of species distribution in face of changes due to climate warming [4] are based on the actual distribution of species and future scenarios can be distorted when a model is based on few data. The southern range of the European distribution of butterflies is largely underinvestigated and only few data are available for southern Italy, an area with a fauna very sensitive to climate changes [5]. In order to detect changes, it is important to investigate the distribution of both common and rare species, but bibliographic sources only rarely provide punctual and useful data of the former causing an important lack of information. Many data can be collected within private and public collections. This is an expensive procedure, but interesting data can be obtained on the past distribution of common species.In Italy, the first attempt toward a knowledge of the distribution of the fauna at a national scale is represented by the Checklist of the Italian Fauna [6], with the distribution of species only generalized to large areas (North, South, Sardinia, and Sicily). Successively, the project CKmap supported the mapping of 10.000 species of animals at a national level in a UTM grid square [7]. Among them, the distribution of all butterflies species known for Italy was mapped and the localities georeferenced [8]. These localities were obtained from private and public collections, from private datasets, and from bibliographic resources, but very few were collected in the southern regions, where large territories are not explored.The Calabria is the southernmost region of Italian Peninsula, located in the middle of the Mediterranean Basin. The regional fauna includes European species, having here their southern range limit, particularly sensitive to the risk of local extinctions as a consequence of the expected climate change. Papers devoted to the Calabrian fauna of Lepidoptera are very scarce and only in last few decades the studies were intensified [5, 9, 10]. Anyway, data are largely insufficient to study changes on a regional scale and data are strictly needed for detecting and mitigating risks such as local extinctions or new pest outbreaks.The aim of this dataset paper is to provide new distributional data and georeferenced datasets useful for the study of dynamics linked to changes on large spatial and temporal scales in the Mediterranean Basin, a region very sensitive to climate changes that can become an early-warning area [5].


## 2. Methodology

In this dataset paper, all unpublished records of butterflies of the author are reported. Data were collected during the years 2005–2012, mainly in the Cosenza Province, covering all the seasons of butterflies’ activity. Species are named according to the online database of the European Fauna (http://www.faunaeur.org/).The localities were individuated by two toponyms: the first is the most precise and the second is the most easily recognizable on maps. Latitude and longitude were provided for all localities and grouped in territorial units with similar ecological, geomorphological, and biogeographic features in order to facilitate the individuation of areas that need further investigations. The territorial units individuated are nine [11]: Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains, Catena Costiera Mountains, Sila Mountains, Marchesato Area, Serre Mountains, Aspromonte Mountains, Crati Valley, Tyrrhenian Coast, and Ionian Coast (Figure 1). Data of localities are summarized in Table 1. Species lists were compiled as shown in Dataset Items 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (Tables).Table 1
Description of collecting localities.
Locality
Municipality(or nearest locality)
Administrative Province
Territorial Unit
Altitude (m  a.s.l.)
Latitude
Longitude
Cittanova
Cittanova
Reggio Calabria
Aspromonte Mountains
485
38°20′50′′N
16
°05
′
23
′
′E
Monte Ulis
Cardeto
Reggio Calabria
Aspromonte Mountains
1045
38°05′39′′N
15°45′21′′E
Torrente Menta
Roccaforte del Greco
Reggio Calabria
Aspromonte Mountains
1400
38°07′13′′N
15°54′24′′E
Acquafredda
Aiello Calabro
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
800
39°06′44′′N
16°11′21′′E
Carolei
Carolei
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
480
39°14′43′′N
16°13′22′′E
Caselle
Lago
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
800
39°12′20′′N
16°08′40′′E
Contrada Manche
Grimaldi
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
625
39°07′54′′N
16°13′21′′E
Cozzo Caselle
Lago
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
1080
39°12′57′′N
16°05′11′′E
Cozzo Cervello
Fuscaldo
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
1200
39°24′00′′N
16°04′03′′E
Cozzo di Monte
Marano Principato
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
530
39°17′31′′N
16°10′19′′E
Fiume Jassa
Laurignano
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
300
39°16′18′′N
16°14′56′′E
Fiume Licetto
Lago
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
540
39°11′09′′N
16°08′31′′E
Fontana del Conte
Lago
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
985
39°10′48′′N
16°11′33′′E
Giardini del Signore
Aiello Calabro
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
150
39°06′35′′N
16°07′17′′E
Iassa
Malito
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
780
39°10′36′′N
16°15′53′′E
Laurignano
Laurignano
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
400
39°16′39′′N
16°14′15′′E
Mendicino
Mendicino
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
460
39°15′38′′N
16°11′31′′E
Monte Cocuzzo
Mendicino
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
1540
39°13′06′′N
16°07′50′′E
Monte Serratore
Malito
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
1190
39°11′19′′N
16°14′00′′E
Passo Crocetta
San Fili
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
1000
39°19′17′′N
16°06′44′′E
Passo dello Scalone
Belvedere Marittimo
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
740
39°37′48′′N
15°56′25′′E
Petrarizzo
Lago
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
320
39°09′31′′N
16°08′13′′E
Ponte Nuovo
Belsito
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
270
39°09′18′′N
16°17′38′′E
Potame
Domanico
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
1000
39°11′04′′N
16°11′48′′E
Pucchiello
Lago
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
810
39°10′21′′N
16°10′02′′E
Rancilla
Grimaldi
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
590
39°07′07′′N
16°13′14′′E
San Fili
San Fili
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
560
39°20′11′′N
16°08′15′′E
Scannelle
Malito
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
890
39°10′24′′N
16°15′27′′E
Tessano
Dipignano
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
630
39°15′21′′N
16°14′30′′E
Torrente Brittone
Malito
Cosenza
Catena Costiera Mountains
700
39°09′52′′N
16°14′58′′E
Arcavacata
Rende
Cosenza
Crati Valley
200
39°21′30′′N
16°13′41′′E
Contrada Salerno
Montalto Uffugo
Cosenza
Crati Valley
230
39°23′10′′N
16°13′47′′E
Cosenza
Cosenza
Cosenza
Crati Valley
250
39°17′27′′N
16°15′22′′E
Fiera di San Vito
Luzzi
Cosenza
Crati Valley
110
39°26′29′′N
16°15′05′′E
Lago di Tarsia
Tarsia
Cosenza
Crati Valley
60
39°36′45′′N
16°18′24′′E
Terranova da Sibari
Terranova da Sibari
Cosenza
Crati Valley
140
39°41′09′′N
16°21′11′′E
Brancaleone Marina
Brancaleone Marina
Reggio Calabria
Ionian Coast
2
37°58′10′′N
16°06′23′′E
Capo Colonna
Crotone
Crotone
Ionian Coast
15
39°01′33′′N
17°12′09′′E
Cariati
Cariati
Cosenza
Ionian Coast
30
39°29′58′′N
16°56′35′′E
Casino Feraudo
Terranova da Sibari
Cosenza
Ionian Coast
70
39°40′17′′N
16°23′17′′E
Caulonia
Caulonia
Reggio Calabria
Ionian Coast
110
38°23′50′′N
16°24′55′′E
Copanello
Stalletì
Catanzaro
Ionian Coast
40
38°45′50′′N
16°34′06′′E
Fiumara Trionto
Crosia
Cosenza
Ionian Coast
90
39°33′09′′N
16°45′31′′E
Gagliano
Catanzaro
Catanzaro
Ionian Coast
370
38°55′18′′N
16°33′21′′E
Gattarella
Stalettì
Catanzaro
Ionian Coast
120
38°45′36′′N
16°33′54′′E
Macchia della Bura
Crosia
Cosenza
Ionian Coast
3
39°36′01′′N
16°47′49′′E
Mirto
Crosia
Cosenza
Ionian Coast
5
39°37′04′′N
16°46′14′′E
San Nicola
Caulonia
Reggio Calabria
Ionian Coast
150
38°22′55′′N
16°24′53′′E
Santa Maria del Mare Vetere
Stalettì
Catanzaro
Ionian Coast
190
38°45′23′′N
16°33′46′′E
Squillace
Squillace
Catanzaro
Ionian Coast
100
38°06′00′′N
15°45′30′′E
Stalettì
Stalettì
Catanzaro
Ionian Coast
360
38°46′01′′N
16°32′11′′E
Strange
Calopezzati
Cosenza
Ionian Coast
65
39°33′35′′N
16°45′02′′E
Altilia
Altilia
Crotone
Marchesato Area
350
39°10′47′′N
16°52′57′′E
Cerenzia
Cerenzia
Crotone
Marchesato Area
630
39°14′42′′N
16°47′13′′E
Grave Grubbo
Verzino
Crotone
Marchesato Area
310
39°15′41′′N
16°51′45′′E
Presso Grotta del Palombaro
Caccuri
Crotone
Marchesato Area
115
39°14′36′′N
16°50′30′′E
San Mauro Marchesato
San Mauro Marchesato
Crotone
Marchesato Area
280
39°06′05′′N
16°55′22′′E
Santa Severina
Santa Severina
Crotone
Marchesato Area
285
39°08′48′′N
16°54′49′′E
Scandale
Scandale
Crotone
Marchesato Area
280
39°07′27′′N
16°57′14′′E
Bosco Pollinello
Castrovillari
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
1800
39°53′50′′N
16°10′38′′E
Campo Tenese
Morano Calabro
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
1000
39°52′07′′N
16°04′22′′E
Castrovillari
Castrovillari
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
330
39°48′49′′N
16°12′35′′E
Civita
Civita
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
400
39°49′46′′N
16°18′50′′E
Cozzo del Pellegrino
Orsomarso
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
1850
39°44′34′′N
16°01′01′′E
Fagosa
San Lorenzo Bellizzi
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
1600
39°53′38′′N
16°14′07′′E
Fiume Argentino
Orsomarso
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
180
39°47′38′′N
15°55′56′′E
La Calvia
San Donato di Ninea
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
1760
39°44′38′′N
16°01′46′′E
Monte Moschereto
Civita
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
750
39°50′37′′N
16°18′29′′E
Monte Palanuda
Orsomarso
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
1300
39°49′20′′N
15°59′25′′E
Monte Pollino
Morano Calabro
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
2200
39°54′22′′N
16°11′13′′E
Orsomarso
Orsomarso
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
120
39°47′53′′N
15°54′40′′E
Papasidero
Papasidero
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
190
39°52′23′′N
15°54′38′′E
Petrosa
Castrovillari
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
770
39°51′30′′N
16°13′20′′E
Piani del Pollino
Morano Calabro
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
1850
39°54′46′′N
16°12′37′′E
Serra del Prete
Morano Calabro
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
2100
39°54′51′′N
16°09′23′′E
Serra Dolcedorme
Castrovillari
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
2267
39°53′39′′N
16°12′57′′E
Timpa di San Lorenzo
San Lorenzo Bellizzi
Cosenza
Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains
1200
39°55′02′′N
16°17′45′′E
Campoli
Caulonia
Reggio Calabria
Serre Mountains
450
38°26′39′′N
16°23′55′′E
Lacina
Brognaturo
Vibo Valentia
Serre Mountains
1000
38°34′59′′N
16°23′32′′E
Nardodipace
Nardodipace
Vibo Valentia
Serre Mountains
1000
38°27′47′′N
16°12′11′′E
San Nicola da Crissa
San Nicola da Crissa
Vibo Valentia
Serre Mountains
400
39°40′17′′N
16°16′58′′E
San Todaro
Nardodipace
Vibo Valentia
Serre Mountains
700
38°26′39′′N
16°22′12′′E
Serra San Bruno
Serra San Bruno
Vibo Valentia
Serre Mountains
850
38°33′16′′N
16°18′43′′E
Ursini
Caulonia
Reggio Calabria
Serre Mountains
420
38°24′49′′N
16°24′04′′E
Acri
Acri
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
734
39°29′50′′N
16°22′02′′E
Bocca di Piazza
Parenti
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1250
39°09′44′′N
16°28′46′′E
Cicciardi
Pedivigliano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
680
39°07′07′′N
16°19′01′′E
Col di Vura
Rossano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1020
39°32′20′′N
16°34′54′′E
Colle dei Lupi
Rogliano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1050
39°11′27′′N
16°25′23′′
Colle dell'Esca
Longobucco
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1630
39°25′09′′N
16°36′03′′E
Confluenza Savuto-Bisirico
Scigliano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
180
39°06′48′′N
16°15′42′′E
Coraci
Colosimi
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
780
39°06′53′′N
16°22′41′′E
Cozzo del Pupatolo
Longobucco
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1550
39°25′16′′N
16°35′22′′E
Cupone
Longobucco
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1160
39°23′12′′N
16°33′05′′E
Favali
Parenti
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1215
39°09′19′′N
16°27′05′′E
Fossiata
Longobucco
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1300
39°23′43′′N
16°35′56′′E
Fosso Cucolo
Donnici Inferiore
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
550
39°14′13′′N
16°17′50′′E
Lago Ariamacina
Camigliatello Silano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1320
39°19′54′′N
16°33′11′′E
Lago Arvo
Lorica
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1290
39°14′54′′N
16°31′56′′E
Lago Cecita
Camigliatello Silano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1120
39°22′03′′N
16°30′17′′E
Lago Savuto
Parenti
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1160
39°10′40′′N
16°29′19′′E
Macrocioli
Longobucco
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1150
39°25′24′′N
16°36′58′′E
Marzi
Marzi
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
570
39°10′22′′N
16°18′22′′E
Mascari
Colosimi
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
910
39°06′50′′N
16°24′09′′E
Mauritanella
Santo Stefano di Rogliano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1000
39°11′37′′N
16°22′54′′E
Monte Colonnina
Caloveto
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
530
39°29′52′′N
16°44′50′′E
Monte Gabriele
Rogliano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
750
39°10′19′′N
16°21′07′′E
Monte Scuro
Spezzano della Sila
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1620
39°20′06′′N
16°23′56′′E
Morachi
Bianchi
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
790
39°05′40′′N
16°24′49′′E
Piano del Barone
Acri
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1100
39°27′47′′N
16°28′32′′E
Pianoro di Macchialonga
Spezzano della Sila
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1540
39°22′22′′N
16°35′37′′E
Pietra di Pesco
Rogliano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
960
39°10′56′′N
16°22′08′′E
Pittarella
Pedivigliano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
505
39°06′29′′N
16°17′53′′E
Ponte della Castagna
Bianchi
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
740
39°03′56′′N
16°25′15′′E
Ponte della Tavoleria
Marzi
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
550
39°10′06′′N
16°22′29′′E
Saliano
Rogliano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
935
39°10′50′′N
16°25′50′′E
San Leo
Parenti
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
730
39°09′49′′N
16°25′14′′E
Sant’Angelo
Panettieri
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
890
39°04′02′′N
16°27′14′′E
Serra Castagna Versante Sud
Longobucco
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1230
39°29′53′′N
16°32′24′′E
Soveria Mannelli
Soveria Mannelli
Catanzaro
Sila Mountains
900
39°05′20′′N
16°23′04′′E
Torrente Savucchia
Carpanzano
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
590
39°08′57′′N
16°18′02′′E
Trenta
Trenta
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
400
39°16′48′′N
16°17′39′′E
Trenta Coste
Acri
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1000
39°29′18′′N
16°30′46′′E
Valle Capra
Spezzano della Sila
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
1180
39°21′06′′N
16°29′20′′E
Vallone Prunillo
Bianchi
Cosenza
Sila Mountains
780
39°03′50′′N
16°25′47′′E
Amantea
Amantea
Cosenza
Tyrrhenian Coast
2
39°08′13′′N
16°04′03′′E
Cessaniti
Cessaniti
Vibo Valentia
Tyrrhenian Coast
350
38°40′12′′N
16°00′52′′E
Cittadella del Capo
Bonifati
Cosenza
Tyrrhenian Coast
15
39°33′11′′N
15°52′45′′E
Fiume Abatemarco
Verbicaro
Cosenza
Tyrrhenian Coast
90
39°44′59′′N
15°51′32′′E
Foce Fiume Savuto
Nocera Terinese
Catanzaro
Tyrrhenian Coast
2
39°01′55′′N
16°06′00′′E
Monte Pellegrino
Amantea
Cosenza
Tyrrhenian Coast
250
39°06′12′′N
16°05′20′′E
Paola
Paola
Cosenza
Tyrrhenian Coast
160
39°21′57′′N
16°02′39′′E
Praia a Mare
Praia a Mare
Cosenza
Tyrrhenian Coast
10
39°53′11′′N
15°47′02′′E
Sangineto
Bonifati
Cosenza
Tyrrhenian Coast
50
39°34′49′′N
15°52′15′′E
Tropea
Tropea
Vibo Valentia
Tyrrhenian Coast
50
38°40′37′′N
15°53′48′′E
Valle Ruffa
Spilinga
Vibo Valentia
Tyrrhenian Coast
300
38°38′00′′N
15°54′08′′EFigure 1
Study area. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Basin. Territorial units are indicated as follows: 1: Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains; 2: Catena Costiera Mountains; 3: Sila Mountains; 4: Marchesato Area; 5: Serre Mountains; 6: Aspromonte Mountains; 7: Crati Valley; 8: Tyrrhenian Coast; 9: Ionian Coast.


## 3. Dataset Description

The dataset associated with this Dataset Paper consists of 5 items which are described as follows.1
Species list for the different localities of the Pollino-Orsomarso Mountains.
Data presented in this table were based on the presence (1) or absence (0) of a butterfly species.
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20
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Family
Species
Bosco Pollinello
Campo Tenese
Castrovillari
Civita
Cozzo del Pellegrino
Fagosa
Fiume Argentino
La Calvia
Monte Moschereto
Monte Palanuda
Monte Pollino
Orsomarso
Piani del Pollino
Papasidero
Petrosa
Serra del Prete
Serra Dolcedorme
Timpa San Lorenzo2
Species list for the different localities of the Catena Costiera Mountains.
Data presented in this table were based on the presence (1) or absence (0) of a butterfly species.
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29
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Family
Species
Acquafredda
Carolei
Caselle
Contrada Manche
Cozzo Caselle
Cozzo Cervello
Cozzo di Monte
Fiume Jassa
Fiume Licetto
Fontana del Conte
Giardini del Signore
Iassa
Laurignano
Mendicino
Monte Cocuzzo
Monte Serratore
Passo Crocetta
Passo dello Scalone
Petrarizzo
Ponte Nuovo
Potame
Pucchiello
Rancilla
San Fili
Scannelle
Tessano
Torrente Brittone3
Species list for the different localities of the Sila Mountains.
Data presented in this table were based on the presence (1) or absence (0) of a butterfly species.
78
43
00
Family
Species
Acri
Bocca di Piazza
Cicciardi
Col di Vura
Colle dei Lupi
Colle dell’Esca
Confluenza Savuto-Bisirico
Coraci
Cozzo del Pupatolo
Cupone
Favali
Fossiata
Fosso Cucolo
Lago Ariamacina
Lago Arvo
Lago Cecita
Lago Savuto
Macrocioli
Marzi
Mascari
Mauritanella
Monte Colonnina
Monte Gabriele
Monte Scuro
Morachi
Piano del Barone
Pianoro di Macchialonga
Pietra di Pesco
Pittarella
Ponte della Castagna
Ponte della Tavoleria
Saliano
San Leo
Sant’Angelo
Serra Castagna, Versante Sud
Soveria Mannelli
Torrente Savucchia
Trenta
Trenta Coste
Valle Capra
Vallone Prunillo4
Species list for the different localities of the Tyrrhenian Coast
(Amantea, Cessaniti, Cittadella del Capo, Fiume Abatemarco, Foce Fiume Savuto, Monte Pellegrino, Paola, Praia a Mare, Sangineto, Valle Ruffa, and Tropea)
and Ionian Coast (Brancaleone Marina, Capo Colonna, Cariati, Casino Feraudo, Caulonia, Copanello, Fiumara Trionto, Gagliano, Gattarella, Macchia della Bura,
Mirto, San Nicola, Santa Maria del Mare Vetere, Squillace, Stalettì, and Strange).
Data presented in this table were based on the presence (1) or absence (0) of a butterfly species.
53
29
00
Family
Species
Amantea
Cessaniti
Cittadella del Capo
Fiume Abatemarco
Foce Fiume Savuto
Monte Pellegrino
Paola
Praia a Mare
Sangineto
Valle Ruffa
Tropea
Brancaleone Marina
Capo Colonna
Cariati
Casino Feraudo
Caulonia
Copanello
Fiumara Trionto
Gagliano
Gattarella
Macchia della Bura
Mirto
San Nicola
Santa Maria del Mare Vetere
Squillace
Stalettì
Strange5
Species list for the different localities of Marchesato Area
(Altilia, Cerenzia, Presso Grotta del Palombaro, San Mauro Marchesato, Santa Severina, Scandale, and Grave Grubbo),
Crati Valley (Arcavacata, Contrada Salerni, Cosenza, Fiera di San Vito, Lago di Tarsia, and Terranova da Sibari),
Serre Mountains (Campoli, Lacina, Nardodipace, San Todaro, San Nicola da Crissa, Serra San Bruno, and Ursini),
and Aspromonte Mountains (Cittanova, Monte Ulis, and Torrente Menta). Data presented in this table were based on the presence (1) or absence (0) of a butterfly species.
58
25
00
Family
Species
Altilia
Cerenzia
Presso Grotta del Palombaro
San Mauro Marchesato
Santa Severina
Scandale
Grave Grubbo
Arcavacata
Contrada Salerni
Cosenza
Fiera di San Vito
Lago di Tarsia
Terranova da Sibari
Campoli
Lacina
Nardodipace
San Todaro
San Nicola da Crissa
Serra San Bruno
Ursini
Cittanova
Monte Ulis
Torrente Menta


## 4. Concluding Remarks

This Dataset Paper strongly increases the knowledge on the butterfly fauna of Calabria, the southernmost region of the Italian Peninsula, composed of 135 species [10]. New distributional data for 116 species of butterflies are provided, the 86% of the whole regional fauna. The presence of species was recorded for 136 localities, for a total of 815 new distributional records. To date, the most data rich paper for this region provided 745 distributional records for 44 localities [9].There is a heterogeneous distribution of sampled localities on the regional territory. In fact, Sila and Catena Costiera Mountains appear to be better sampled than others.



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