8th - 12th July 2019

Gran Sasso and Laga Mountains

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The Butterfly Week 2019 will go back to the mountains, in Abruzzo!

We will start on the 8th of July in L’Aquila, with the 2° Workshop Nazionale del Monitoring Scheme Italia where we will set up the first transects of BMS (Butterfly Monitoring Scheme) for the region Abruzzo.

The Gran Sasso and Monti della Laga will be the next stops. There we will evaluate the status of some butterfly species populations potentially at risk for climate change, focusing on Erebia spp. (particularly on E. pandrose), Lasiommata petropolitana and Parnassius apollo.

We will also finish the last samplings for the Barcoding Italian Butterflies project.
 

We will end the week in L’Aquila, for the first meeting of the Associazione Lepidotterologica Italiana (Italian Lepidopterological Association).

Program

- 8th July - 10am: Università dell'Aquila, 2° Workshop Nazionale del Monitoring Scheme Italia (Building Coppito 0 - Alan Turing, ground floor, Auditorium - room A06).

- 9th July - L'Aquila surroundings, butterfly survey and setting the BMS (Butterfly Monitoring Scheme) transects.

- 10th July - Campo Imperatore, butterfly survey.

- 11th July - Monti della Laga peaks, butterfly survey.

- 12th July - 14.30pm: Università dell'Aquila, first meeting of the Associazione Lepidotterologica Italiana (Italian Lepidopterological Association). Building 11A, 3rd floor, room D4.2.

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23rd - 30th June 2018

Parco Nazionale delle Foreste Casentinesi

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The Butterffly Week is a research initiative that involves researchers and citizens. Every year a different destination is choosen, and for a week several researchers, coming from all around the world, will study the butterfly fauna in order to rediscover its biodiversity and enable a better conservation.

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This year during the Butterfly Week we will focus on the species Parnassius mnemosyne, a protected species threatened by climate change.
During the week we will try to evaluate the consistency of its populations and the dispersal events across various clearings of the adults through Mark-Release-Recapture methods (MRR). The characteristics of the host plants will also be evaluated in order to take future actions for the restoration and maintenance of its habitat.

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26th June - 2nd July 2017

Apulia

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The Butterffly Week is a research initiative that involves researchers and citizens. Every year a different destination is choosen, and for a week several researchers, coming from all around the world, will study the butterfly fauna in order to rediscover its biodiversity and enable a better conservation.

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29th April - 7th May 2016

Aeolian Islands

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The Butterffly Week is a research initiative that involves researchers and citizens. Every year a different destination is choosen, and for a week several researchers, coming from all around the world, will study the butterfly fauna in order to rediscover its biodiversity and enable a better conservation.

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Friday 29th April 5:30 pm

Ente RomaNatura | Villa Mazzanti | Via Gomenizza 81

Riserva Naturale di Monte Mario | Roma

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Italian and international scientists will describe the research projects that have led to the creation of the Sanctuary of the Butterflies on the Elba Island. From the Tuscan Archipelago National Park, the Barcoding project to the Butterfly week in Eolioe Islands, the researchers will guide us on a journey to discover these amazing animals.

Calabria and Basilicata, 1-7 june 2015

The Butterffly Week is a research initiative that involves researchers and citizens.It is organized within the project BIB (Barcoding Italian Butterflies :http://www.barcodingitalianbutterflies.eu/ ). Every year a different destination is choosen, and for a week several researchers, coming from all around the world, will study the butterfly fauna in order to rediscover its biodiversity and enable a better conservation.

Parco dell'Arcipelago Toscano, 1-6 Giugno 2014

Torino, 4 Marzo 2014