Survey of the Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Associated with some Brassicaceae Plants in Basrah Provence, Iraq

Butterflies were collected from two regions of Basra south of Iraq during November 2021 to March 2022. This survey showed ten species belong to ten genera under four families: Nymphalidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae and Hesperiidae. The species Vanessa cardui showed the highest level of distribution while the lowest one was Pieria rapae.

• Publication year

  2023

• Venue

  IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environment

• Publication date

  2023-12-01

• Fields of study

  Biology, Physics, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.1088/1755-1315/1262/3/032003
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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