Roberto Viviano

• Biodiversity Journal, 15 (2): 251-257 - MONOGRAPH

  Lucio Morin, Salvatore Surdo, Roberto Viviano, Antonino Dentici & Ignazio Sparacio
  Lepidoptera from the Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (Sicily, Italy)
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.2.251.257

  ABSTRACT
  On the basis of specific entomological researches carried out on Isola delle Femmine Nature Reserve (Sicily, Italy) in recent years, a first check-list of the Lepidoptera with 46 species recorded is provided. Additional taxonomic, faunal and geonemic informations for four of these species are provided: Idaea leipnitzi Hausmann, 2004 (Geometridae), Maradana fuscolimbalis (Ragonot, 1887) and M. vidualis (Chrétien, 1911) (Pyralidae) and Crassicornella crassicornella (Zeller, 1847) (Tinaeidae).

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• Biodiversity Journal, 15 (1): 079-084

  Roberto Viviano
  On the presence of two tropical butterflies (Lepidoptera Nymphalidae) in the city of Palermo (Italy)
  https://doi.org/10.31396/Biodiv.Jour.2024.15.1.79.84

  ABSTRACT
  Two species of showy diurnal butterflies of tropical origin were recently found in the city of Palermo (Italy). These are: Amauris hecate hecate (Butler, 1866) (Nymphalidae Danainae) endemic to the Central Africa from Guinea to South Sudan up to Angola, Tanzania and Ethiopia and Siproeta epaphus (Latreille, [1813]) (Nymphalinae) native to Central America from Texas to Brazil and Peru. The reporting of these findings and the hypotheses on the presence of these species outside their natural range is the subject of this work.

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