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Colias caucasica
Colias caucasica (Photo: B. Micevski, 8 July 2004).

Colias caucasica

(Staudinger, 1871)
Status — Republic of Bulgaria: Biological Diversity Act | Annex 2 CORINE biotopes

The species range includes the Balkans, North-East Turkey and Caucasus. In Bulgaria locally distributed in Vitosha, Osogovo, Rila and Rhodopi mountains from 1100 (Rila: Rilski Manastir) to 2200 m (Vitosha: Platoto) (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182). No new records exist from Vitosha. Protected in Bulgaria under the Biological Diversity Act (2002).


Localities:

FM27: Begbunar [Spring], Osogovo Mts, Kyustendil District: [1800 m] (Abadjiev, 2001: 66) • FM96: Kulata [Place], Rila Mts, Kyustendil District: 1500 m (Rebel, 1903: 162) • FM96: Ravna [Place], Rila Mts, Kyustendil District: [1700]—2000 m (Abadjiev, 1991: 31, 32) • FM96: Rilski Manastir, Rila Mts, Kyustendil District, 42.1333N, 23.3333E: [1100— 1500 m] (Drenowski, 1909c: 625) • FM97: Eleni Vrah [Peak], Rila Mts, Kyustendil District: 1700 m (Rebel, 1903: 162) • FM97: Kirilova Polyana: [1300 m] (Nicholl, 1900: 34, 64) • FM97: Urdina Reka [River], Rila Mts, Kyustendil District: 1300 m (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182) • FN81: Vitosha (Platoto), Sofia District: 1800 m (Drenowski, 1907b: 2) • FN81: Vladaya, Mt Vitosha, Sofia District: 1200 m (Drenowski, 1907b: 2) • FN81: Zlatnite Mostove [Place], Mt Vitosha, Sofia District: [1200 m] (Buresch & Popov, 1965: 62) • FN91: Bistritsa [Village], Mt Vitosha, Sofia District, 42.58333N, 23.36667E: 1400 m (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182) • GM07: Levi Iskar [River], Rila Mts (Nicholl, 1900: 65, 66) • GM07: Suhoto Ezero [Lake], Rila Mts (Nicholl, 1900: 65) • GM17: Zhalti Ezera [Circus], Rila Mts, Sofia District: 1950 m (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182) • GM18: Bistritsa [River], Rila Mts, Sofia District: 1600 m (Drenowski, 1909c: 623) • GM18: Borovets [Resort], Rila Mts, Sofia District, 42.26667N, 23.6E: 1600—1700 m (Abadjiev, 2001: 66) • GM27: Chavcha [River], Rila Mts, Sofia District (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182) • GM27: Kostenets [Town], Rila Mts, Sofia District: 1400 m (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182) • GM33: Chehlyovo [Place], Rhodopi Mts, Pazardzhik District (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182) • GM33: Dospat [River], Rhodopi Mts (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182) • GM38: Kostenets [Town], Rila Mts, Sofia District, 42.26667N, 23.81667E (Nicholl, 1900: 68) • GM46: Elin Vrah [Peak], Rhodopi Mts, Pazardzhik District (Markowitsch, 1910: 83) • GM47: Yadenitsa [River] (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 182).


UTM map of the known distribution of Colias caucasica in Bulgaria
UTM map of the known distribution of Colias caucasica in Bulgaria.