Pontia chloridice (Photo: S. Beshkov, 1993).

Pontia chloridice

(Hübner, [1813])

Status —

The range of the species includes South Balkans, Turkey, Iran, West and Central Asia, North Pakistan, Siberia and Mongolia. In Bulgaria it is rare in the Eastern Rhodopes and around Sliven.

Localities:

FL88: Belasitsa [Chalet], Blagoevgrad District: ≤ 800 m (Slivov & Nestorova, 1988: 116) • LG70: Shiroko Pole [Village], Kardzhali District, 41.633N, 25.467E: [200 m] (Beshkov, 1995: 202) • LG71: Sredna Arda [Station], Kardzhali District: [200 m] (Abadjiev, 1992: 41) • LG80: Studen Kladenets [Village], Kardzhali District, 41.6N, 25.65E: [150 m] (Abadjiev, 1992: 41) • MF38: Siv Kladenets [Village], Haskovo District, 41.40889N, 26.15944E: [50 m] (Beshkov, 1994: 470) • MH42: Sliven [Town], 42.686N, 26.329E: [300 m] (Pigulew, 1899—1900 (1899): 7).

UTM map of the known distribution of Pontia chloridice in Bulgaria.