Investigation of Rhopalocera Butterflies from Zirab Savad-kooh

Savadkooh is one of the cityies of Mazandaran Province, and Zirab is one of its towns. The weather of Zirab is relatively cold, and the relative humidity is not high. The average annual temperature is 17ºC and the average rainfall is around 600mm. This study has been carried out in Shahid Beheshti University Science Park of Zirab. Sampling has been done all over the area, during sunny days, especially one or two days after rainfall, and in the spring, summer 2005, and In this investigation on Rhoplocera suborder from Lepidoptera order, 24 species have bee identified. All of them be included in four families of the Papilionoidae superfamily as follows: One species in Papili, 7 species, and subspecies in Pieridae family, 3 Species, in Lycenidae family, 13 species, and subspecies in Nymphalidae family. The specimens heve been kept in zoology collection of Researeh Institute of Environmenta Sciences of Shahid Behoshti University.