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Toward a revised checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies, hyperlinked to the original descriptions at species, genus and family level (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) Part III: Rationale and framework for the Pieridae.
Taymans Michel & Cuvelier Sylvain
AWPL 2025(4): 61-68 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17818135
Key words: Taxonomy — Checklist — Papilionoidea — Pieriidae — Dismorphiinae — Coliadinae — Pierinae — Aporiini — Anthocharidini — Leptidea — Leptidea morsei — Gonepteryx — Colias — Belenois — Euchloe — Iberochloe — Elphinstonia — Anthocharis — Euchloe pechi — Zegris meridionalis — Western Palearctic.

Additional notes on the fauna of Mount Žeden (North Macedonia) in late spring 2025 (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea & Zygaenidae)
Taymans Michel & Jonckers Bénédicte
AWPL 2025(4): 57-60 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17818348
Key words: Papilionoidea — faunistics — conservation — Mount Žeden — North Macedonia — Balkan Peninsula.

A systematic and synonymic list of the Hesperiidae of Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
Taymans Michel & Cuvelier Sylvain
AWPL 2025(4): 25-56 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17793560
Key words: Hesperiidae — Papilionoidea — Lepidoptera — Western Palearctic — taxonomy — nomenclature — synonymy — systematic catalogue — type species — original descriptions — type locality — butterfly classification — historical entomology.

An updated checklist of the Serbian butterflies (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea Latreille, [1802])
Jakšić Predrag
AWPL 2025(4): 14-24 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17594685
Key words: Butterflies — Checklist — Red List — Serbia.

Following the trail of Rebel and Misja. A century-later confirmation of Pseudochazara geyeri (Herrich-Schäffer, [1846]) in Albania and a critical reassessment of its Balkan range.
Cuvelier Sylvain & Molinari Giuseppe
AWPL 2025(4): 1-13 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17618015
Key words: Pseudochazara geyeri — Pseudochazara geyeri occidentalis — Papilionoidea — Nymphalidae — Satyrinae — distribution — conservation — Mali i Thatë — Albania — Balkans.

Toward a revised checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies, hyperlinked to the original descriptions at species, genus and family level (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) Part II: Rationale and framework for the Hesperiidae.
Taymans Michel & Cuvelier Sylvain
AWPL 2025(3): 57-64 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17152671
Key words: Taxonomy — Checklist — Papilionoidea — Hesperiidae — Heteropterinae — Pyrginae — Carcharodini — Carterocephalus silvicola — Ochlodes sylvanus — Muschampia — Sloperia — Muschampia proto species group — Pyrgus bellieri — Pyrgus foulquieri — Pyrgus alveus species group — Western Palearctic.

A systematic and synonymic list of the Papilionidae of Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
Taymans Michel & Cuvelier Sylvain
AWPL 2025(3): 17-56 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17152543
Key words: Papilionidae — Papilionoidea — Lepidoptera — Western Palearctic — taxonomy — nomenclature — synonymy — systematic catalogue — type specimen — original descriptions — type locality — butterfly classification — historical entomology.

First Records of Neptis sappho (Pallas, 1771) in Albania.
Cuvelier Sylvain & Taymans Michel
AWPL 2025(3): 10-6 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17148337
Key words: Neptis sappho — Lepidoptera — Papilionoidea — Nymphalidae — new species — Albania.

Lepidium didymum L., a new host plant for Pieris mannii (Mayer, 1851). Is this new host plant facilitating the species' rapid northwestern expansion?
Degrande Jori, Cuvelier Sylvain & Vervaeke Jacques
AWPL 2025(3): 1-9 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.17074253
Key words: Pieris mannii — Papilionoidea — Pieridiae — Lepidium didymum — Brassicaceae — new host plant — range expansion — ecological plasticity — urban ecology — western Europe.

Toward a revised checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies, hyperlinked to the original descriptions at species, genus and family level (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) Part I: Rationale and framework for the Papilionidae.
Taymans Michel & Cuvelier Sylvain
AWPL 2025(2): 31-37 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15723397
Key words: Taxonomy — Checklist — Papilionoidea — Papilionidae — Driopa — Driopa nebrodensis — Parnassius phoebus — Zerynthia cassandra — Allancastria — Allancastria cerisyi — Western Palearctic.

Exploration of Mount Žeden and discovery of Proterebia phegea (Borkhausen, 1788), a new species for the fauna of North Macedonia. Brief summary of current knowledge on Proterebia phegea.
Taymans Michel & Cuvelier Sylvain
AWPL 2025(2): 21-30 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15723544
Key words: Proterebia phegea — Papilionoidea — Nymphalidae — Satyrinae — Faunistics — Taxonomy — Conservation — Mount Žeden — North Macedonia — Balkan Peninsula.

Synonymy of Pseudochazara misjai and Pseudochazara tisiphone dibra: taxonomic reassessment of an Albanian butterfly population. Is the glass half full or half empty? An inconvenient truth.
Cuvelier Sylvain, Marafi Mohammad AJ & Paparisto Anila
AWPL 2025(2): 1-20 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.15492634
Key words: Synonymy — Papilionoidea — Satyrinae — Pseudochazara — genetic diversity — DNA barcoding — morphological variability — phenotypic plasticity — reproductive isolation — ICZN — subspecies — ssp. nov. — Pseudochazara tisiphone dibra Cuvelier & Marafi, 2025 — Pseudochazara misjai Parmentier, 2025 — syn. nov.

Status and conservation of genetic diversity in the disjunct populations of Pseudochazara tisiphone Brown, [1981], in Albania.
Taymans Michel & Cuvelier Sylvain
AWPL 2025(1): 71-77 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14736466
Key words: Albania, Dibër county, Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, EU Nature Restoration Law, Papilionoidea, genetic diversity, DNA barcoding, morphological variability, reproductive isolation, speciation, subspecies, ssp. nov., Pseudochazara tisiphone dibra.

A dynamic checklist of the Western Palearctic butterflies hyperlinked to the original descriptions at species, genus and family level (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea)
Taymans Michel & Cuvelier Sylvain
AWPL 2025(1): 1-70 — DOI 10.5281/zenodo.14733223