Contributions to the knowledge of papilionoidea (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) fauna from northern Cyprus.

The local distribution of the superfamily Papilionoidea was investigated in Northern Cyprus. As a result of this study, a total of 45 species belonging to families Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae, Satyridae and Nymphalidae was identified; out of which 19 species are new records for the study area. The Nymphalidae had the greatest number of species following by Pieridae, Satyridae, Lycaenidae and Papilionidae. The most abundant species in the study area were Pieris brassicae (L.) (19% of the catches), Polyommatus icarus (Rott.) (11%), Euchloe ausonia (Hbn.) (5%) and Pararge aegeria (L.) (5%).