Polyommatus aroaniensis (Photo: M. Rowlings, July 2004).
Polyommatus aroaniensis
(Brown, 1976)
Status —
The distribution of the species in restricted to South Balkans. Rare in Bulgaria; reported from several localities in mountains of South-West (Pirin and Slavyanka) and around Sliven (Stara Planina); located at an altutude up to 1600 m (Slavyanka: Hambar Dere).
Localities:
GL28:
Hambar Dere, Mt Slavyanka, Blagoevgrad District: 1600 m (
Kolev, 1994: 61, 63, 64, 66) • GL29:
Gaytaninovo [Village], Pirin Mts, Blagoevgrad District, 41.45N, 23.717E: [700 m] (
Abadjiev, 2001: 167) • GL29:
Gradishte [Hill], Pirin Mts, Blagoevgrad District: 850—900 m (
Kolev & van der Poorten, 1997: 36, 38) • MH33:
Cherkovnata Koriya [Place], Sliven District (
Abadjiev, 2001: 167) • MH42:
Sliven [Town], 42.686N, 26.329E: [300 m] (
Abadjiev, 2001: 167) • MH43:
Karandila [Place], Sliven District: 1000 m (
Kolev & van der Poorten, 1997: 36, 37, 39).
UTM map of the known distribution of Polyommatus aroaniensis in Bulgaria.