Leptidea juvernica Williams, 1946

Leptidea sinapis juvernica Williams, 1946: 79 .

FIRST RECORD FOR THE VALDIERI AREA. — Gianti & Gallo (2002) (as Leptidea reali).

This species was initially recorded as Leptidea reali Reissinger, 1990 .

For the moment, the occurrence in Italy of L. juvernica is based on a small number of specimens from the E Alps (V. Dincă, in litt.). The “non L. sinapis populations” of C Italy have been demonstrated to represent L. reali (Dincă et al. 2011, 2013). In N Italy, 25 “non L. sinapis populations” have been recorded, but no molecular data are currently available for the Valdieri area. However, L. juvernica is known to occur at least in NE Italy, at the Val di Tovo lakes (Dincă et al. 2011, 2013).

CHOROTYPE. — Centralasiatic-European.

ECOLOGY. — Subnemoral, lower to upper montane, mesophilous, mesophilous.