EPALLAGE FATIME (CHARPENTIER, 1840) (ODONATA: EUPHAEIDAE), A NEW SPECIES FOR THE DRAGONFLY FAUNA OF SERBIA
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Field investigations along the Lopatnica River on the Troglav Mountain near Kraljevo have led to the discovery of a new dragonfly species for Serbia: Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840), belonging to the family Euphaeidae. On the Borošnica River, the right tributary of the Tolišnica River (Lopatnica River basin), E. fatime was recorded in high abundance with confirmed reproduction, indicating the presence of well-established populations. Egg laying was observed in several locations along the course of the river, and a significant number of exuviae were also found. This finding increases the total number of dragonfly species known in Serbia to 71 and the number of represented families within the order Odonata to 10.
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Đurđević, A., Divac, M., & Radaković, M. (2026). EPALLAGE FATIME (CHARPENTIER, 1840) (ODONATA: EUPHAEIDAE), A NEW SPECIES FOR THE DRAGONFLY FAUNA OF SERBIA. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 31(1). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19697595
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Vukajlović, F., Reljić, K., Kostić, M., & Vojnović, B. (2025). The Southern Swallowtail, Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) - new butterfly species for the fauna of Serbia. Kragujevac J. Sci., 47(1), 111-119.
Bedjanič, M., & Vinko, D. (2012). New records of Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840) in Macedonia (Odonata: Euphaeidae). Natura Sloveniae, 14(1), 15-22.
Beschovski, V., & Marinov, M. (2007). Fauna, Ecology and Zoogeography of Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata) of Bulgaria. In: Fet, V. & Popov, A. (Eds.) Biogeography and Ecology of Bulgaria, Monographiae biologicae, 82, 191-231.
Bilek, A. (1966). Ergebnisse der Albanien-Expedition 1961 des Deutschen Entomologischen Institutes. 46. Beitrag. Odonata. Beiträge zur Entomologie, 16(3/4), 327-346.
Boudot, J.-P. (2014). Epallage fatime. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T165515A19162580. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T165515A19162580.en
Boudot, J.-P., Borisov, S., De Knijf, G., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Schröter, A., & Kalkman, J. V. (2021). Atlas of the dragonflies and damselflies of West and Central Asia. Brachytron Supplement, 22, 1-248.
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Brajković, T., Malešević, M., Urošević, M., Trifunović, S., Radovanović, Z., Dimitrijević, M., & Dimitrijević, M. N. (1968). Tumač osnovne geološke karte 1:100 000 list Ivanjica K 34-17, Savezni geološki zavod, Beograd, 65 pp.
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De Knijf, G., Billqvist, M., van Grunsven, R. H. A., Prunier, F., & Vinko, D. (2024). Epallage fatime (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T165515A208848436. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-1.RLTS.T165515A208848436.en
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Dijkstra K. -D. B., Schröter A., & Lewington R. (2020). Field guide to the Dragonflies of Britain and Europe (2nd ed.). Bloomsbury Publishing, London, 336 pp.
Djurić, M., Tot, I., Vujić, M., & Vukajlović, F. (2025). Comparison of butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) of the Pčinja and Preševo valleys (South Serbia). Kragujevac Journal of Science, 47(1), 97-109.
Đukić, A., & Bolesnikov, I. (2020). Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845) (re)discovered in Serbia (Odonata: Aeshnidae). Acta Entomologica Slovenica, 28(1), 21-28.
Đurđević, A., Medenica, I., Samardžić, A., & Nikolić, M. (2024). Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) and Selysiothemis nigra (Vander Linden, 1825) (Odonata: Libellulidae): New Members of the Dragonfly Fauna of Serbia. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 29(2), 1-10.
Đurđević, A., Nikolić, M., & Popović, M. (2020). Dragonflies of Serbia, Field guide, Institute for Nature Conservation of Serbia, Belgrade, 153 pp.
Đurđević, A., Popović, M., Medenica, I., & Nikolić, M. (2023). New finding of Cordulegaster insignis Schneider, 1845 (Odonata: Cordulegstridae) in Serbia. Kragujevac Journal of Science, 45, 335-339.
Farkas S. (2017). A Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) elõfordulása Magyarországon. Folia Hist. Nat. Mus. Matra. 41, 9-10.
Gerken, B., & Sternberg, K. (1999). The exuviae of European Dragonflies. Huxaria Druckerei GmbH, Höxter, VI+354 pp.
Jović, M. (2013). A proposal of Serbian names for dragonfly species (Insecta: Odonata) of the Balkan Peninsula, with the checklist of Odonata of Serbia. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 18(1/2), 1-10.
Kalkman, V. J., Boudot, J. -P., Bernard, R., de Knijf, G., Suhling, F., & Termaat, T. (2018). Diversity and conserva¬tion of European dragonflies and damselflies (Odonata). Hydrobiologia, 811, 269-282.
Kalkman, V. J. (2010). Epallage fatime (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T165515A6050993. [Accessed on 31 July 2025].
Kalkman, V. J., Marinov, M., & Kutsarov, Y. (2015). Epallage fatime (Charpentier, 1840). In Boudot J. -P., Kalkman V. J. (Eds.), Atlas of the European dragonflies and damselflies. KNNV Publishing, Utrecht, 78-79.
Kalyoncu, H., & Salur, A. (2018). Odonata fauna of Alara and Karpuz streams and their relations with Phisico-Chemical variables. Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 27(1), 187-195.
Karaman, B. S. (1979). Ekološko faunistička istraživanja faune odonata SR Makedonije. Disertacija. Prirodoslovno-matematički fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, VI+152 pp.
Karaman, B. S. (1981). Contribution à la connaisance de la faune des Odonates du lac de Doïran. Annuaire de la Faculté de Biologie de l'Université de Skopje, 34, 215-222.
Kemp, R. G., & Kemp, G. S. (1985). Some record of Odonata from the departments of Halkidiki and Thessaloniki, northern Greece. Notulae Odonatologicae, 2(5), 73-88.
Koren, T., Koller Šarić, K., & Kelava, L. (2022). The first record of Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvios, 1807) (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Croatia. Natura Croatica, 31(2), 293-302.
Kovács, T., Olajos, P., Murányi, D., & Juhász (2022). Contribution of the Odonata fauna of the Balkan Peninsula. Folia Historico-Naturalia Musei Matraensis, 46, 11-22.
Lohr, M. (2021). Selysiothemis nigra new for continental France (Odonata: Libellulidae). Libellula Supplement, 16, 177-188.
Marinov, M. (2000). Pocket field guide to the dragonflies of Bulgaria. Eventus Publishing House, Sofia, 104 pp.
Mészáros, Á. (2020). Black pennant has reached the Carpathian Basin! The first occurrence of Selysiothemis nigra in Hungary (Odonata: Libellulidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica, 81, 11-16.
Nikolić, M., & Samardžić, A. (2025). First record of Lindenia tetraphylla (Vander Linden, 1825) (Odonata: Gomphidae) in Serbia, Acta Entomologica Serbica, 30(1), 77-81
Novaković-Vuković, M. R. (2015). Floristic characteristic of Austrian Pine and Scots Pine forests on serpentine and peridotites in Western and Central Serbia, Doctoral Dissertation, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Forestry, 245 pp.
Оцокољић, М. (1990). Слив реке Лопатнице. Географски годишњак СГД – подружнице Крагујевац, 26, 19-24. [in Serbian with French summary]
Petrović, A. (2023). New data on distribution of Caliaeschna microstigma (Schneider, 1845) (Odonata: Aeshnidae) in Serbia. Acta Entomologica Serbica, 28(1), 1-10.
Riservato, E., Boudot, J. -P., Ferreira, S., Jović, M., Kalkman, V. J., Schneider, W., Samraoui, B., & Cuttelod, A. (2009). The status and distribution of Dragonflies of the Mediterranean basin. Gland, Switzerland and Malaga, Spain: IUCN. VII+33 pp.
Šalamun, A. (2012). Temni slaniščar Selysiothemis nigra, nova vrsta v Sloveniji in druge zanimive fotografske najdbe v Škocjanskem zatoku in drugod po Sloveniji. Erjavecia, 27, 5-7.
Skvortsov, V. E. (2010). The dragonflies of Eastern Europe and Caucasus: An illustrated guide. KMK Scientific Press Ltd., Moscow, 623 pp.
Smallshire, D., & Swash, A. (2020). Europe's Dragonflies: A Field Guide to the Damselflies and Dragonflies (Vol. 38). Princeton University Press, 360 pp.
Stefanov, T., & Vasilev, V. (2021). First Record of Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvios, 1807) (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Bulgaria. Acta Zoologica Bulgarica, 73(4), 637-639.
Vinko, D., & Šalamun A. (2021). First record of Violet Dropwing Trithemis annulata (Palisot de Beauvois, 1807) (Odonata: Libellulidae) in Slovenia. Natura Sloveniae, 23(2), 25-37.
Vukajlović, F., Reljić, K., Kostić, M., & Vojnović, B. (2025). The Southern Swallowtail, Papilio alexanor Esper, 1800 (Lepidoptera: Papilionidae) - new butterfly species for the fauna of Serbia. Kragujevac J. Sci., 47(1), 111-119.