Extension to the information and conservation of the butterflies of the province of Toledo, Spain (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

An analysis of the distribution of the butterflies of the province of Toledo has been conducted. In this study, four species have been recorded for the first time in this province: Carcharodus flocciferus (Zeller, 1847), Carcharodus lavatherae (Esper, 1783), Polyommatus escheri (Hubner, [1823]) and Plebejus idas (Linnaeus, 1761), reaching a total of 108 taxa. In addition, the distribution of 76 species has been extended in 40 localities and 39 UTM squares. Furthermore, we have studied the level of presence of each butterfly in this area, having found that some butterflies have a very poor presence (only in one or two UTM squares), making them interesting for the conservation of their populations. Finally, we carried out a study of the number of species in the whole UTM squares and we found out that the diversity is very low if we compared with other UTM squares of neighbouring provinces.