%0 Journal Article %T Lepidoptera (Insecta: Lepidoptera) in the collection of Daniel Czekelius from Natural History Museum of Sibiu, collected from "Dumbrava Sibiului" forest, Romania %A Cristina MOISE %J Analele Universitatii din Oradea, Fascicula Biologie %D 2011 %I University of Oradea Publishing House %X Currently, fauna and ecological analysis of the landscape in which the reserves and Forest "Dumbrava Sibiu" shows a great scientific interest and practical for biological research in Sibiu. The results can contribute substantially to assessing the state of the world of insects and their evolution in the ecosystem studied, but also to establish their quantitative and qualitative changes over time. In the present work was studied the Lepidoptera collection of Transylvania Dr. Daniel Czekelius, and the paper presents a systematic list of species collected Macrolepidoptere since 1888-1929 in Forest "Dumbrava Sibiu".This paper can be considered a tribute and memory of Dr.Daniel Czekelius entomologists, who through his collection has contributed substantially to the knowledge of this group of insects. The data obtained and to join the collections of personal data between 2000-2011 we intend to achieve a more comprehensive study, which will be subject to further research on the evolution Macrolepidoptera over more than 120 years of research in the area of Forest "Dumbrava Sibiu". For some species have been listed by the IUCN recommended levels of endangerment in 2000 and 2001 R¨¢kosy L.: extinct, taxon vulnerable, near threatened. %K butterflies %K biodiversity %K Forest %U http://www.bioresearch.ro/bioresearch/2011-2/104-110-AUOFB.18.2.2011%20-%20MOISE%20C.%20-%20U.L.Blaga.Sibiu.Ro.%20-%20Lepidoptera.pdf