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The species Cacyreus marshalli was introduced into Europe from South Africa in 1978. In Croatia its presence was noted for the first time in 2009 in Mali Lošinj. Previous research has recorded this species at around 20 localities. The present paper gives new records of the species Geranium Bronze from 28 localities in the Mediterranean part of Croatia with some data regarding its ecology and ethology. The known margin of the distribution area of C. marsahalli in Croatia has expanded by around 50 kilometres to the south-east to the islands Korčula and Lastovo and in inland to the Pelješac peninsula. The Geranium Bronze has not been recorded in the continental and central mountain part of Croatia, but was for the first time recorded on Mt. Učka, on 934 meters a.s.l., Cacyreus marshalli je vrsta introducirana na područje Europe 1978. godine s područja južne Afrike. Na području Hrvatske prvi put je zabilježena 2009. godine u Malom Lošinju. Dosadašnjim istraživanjima bila je zabilježena na području Hrvatske na 20-ak lokaliteta. Ovim radom daju se novi nalazi pelargonijinog plavca na 28 lokaliteta u mediteranskom dijelu Hrvatske te neki podaci o njegovoj ekologiji i etologiji na području Hrvatske. Granica areala C. marshalli proširena je na području Hrvatske za 50-ak km prema jugoistoku i sada su to otoci Korčula i Lastovo i na kopnu poluotok Pelješac. Pelargonijev plavac nije utvrđen u kontinentalnom ni središnje planinskom području Hrvatske, ali je po prvi put zabilježen na Učki na 934 metra nadmorske visine.