Spilaio Mithymnas

Higher Geography
Region: Voreio Aigaio,
Sub-Region: Lesvos,
Municipality: Lesvos,
Closest Settlement: Mithymna
Cave type
Natural
Protection status
  • GR4110012 - Voreia Lesvos (Special Protection Area): Law 3937/2011 (OGG/Α 60/31.03.2011), Joint Ministerial Decision 50743/2017 (OGG 4432/B/15.12.17). Check site’s Standard Data Form
Fauna
  • Miniopterus schreibersii (Kuhl, 1817), Iliopoulou-Georgudaki & Ondrias 1978, Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1988, Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Miniopteridae
  • Myotis blythii (Tomes, 1857), Iliopoulou-Georgudaki 1985, Hanak et al. 2001, Georgiakakis et al. 2023
    Phylum: Chordata / Class: Mammalia / Order: Chiroptera / Family: Vespertilionidae
Species references
  • Georgiakakis P, Kafkaletou Diez A, Salvarina I, Benda P, Billington G, Dietz C, Billington J, Cove D, Davison S, Cooke M, Papadatou E. 2023. The Bats of Greece: An Updated Review of Their Distribution, Ecology and Conservation. Animals. 2023; 13(15):2529. https://doi.org/10.3390/ani13152529
  • Hanak, V., Benda, P., Ruedi, M., Homcek, I. & Sofianidou, T. 2001. Bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part 2. New records and review of distribution of bats in Greece. Acta Societatis Zoologicae Bohemicae, 65: 279-346.
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. & Ondrias, J. C. 1978. Population variation in Miniopterus schreibersi from Greece. Biol. gallo-hellen., 7 (1-2): 223-232.
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1985. New records of the occurrence of the genus Pipistrellus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in Greece. Mammalia, 49 (1): 131-133.
  • Iliopoulou-Georgudaki, J. 1988. Chiropterofauna of Lesvos island (East Aegean) and their divergence from these of Greek Mainland. Bull. Ecol., 19 (2-3): 205-209.
Citation
Paragamian, K. 2026. Fauna of the cave Spilaio Mithymnas, Mithymna, Lesvos, Voreio Aigaio. In Paragamian, K., M. Poulinakis, S. Paragamian and I. Nikoloudakis. Cave fauna of Greece database - Hellenic Institute of Speleological Research. Cave data updated 31.01.2018, Accessed 09.03.2026