An annotated checklist of the Papilionoidea of the Murcia region (Spain) with new records, distribution and biological data (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)

The Murcia Region (Southeastern Iberian Peninsula) has a great diversity of Lepidopteran fauna, as a zoogeographical crossroads and biodiversity hotspot. A comprehensive and critical species list of Papilionoidea butterflies (Lepidoptera) from Murcia Region is synthesised. In total, five families Papilionidae, Hesperiidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae and Nymphalidae, 70 genera and 120 species have been recorded and these are listed, along with their collection, literature references and biological data, including chorotype, voltinism, feeding patterns of larvae and the flight period in the study area.