Limenitis populi (Photo: S. Beshkov, June 2006).

Limenitis populi

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Status —

Widely distributed in Central and Eastern Europe, Central and South Urals, West and South Siberia, Mongolia, North-East China and Japan. In Bulgaria occurs in mountainous areas; recorded at an altitudinal range of 650 m (Iskar Valley: Pancharevo) (Abadjiev, 1995: 24) — 2000 m (Rila: Suhoto Ezero) (Abadjiev, 2001: 243).

Localities:

FM83: Senokos [Village], Blagoevgrad District, 41.8167N, 23.2333E: [991 m] (Abadjiev, 1995: 24) • FM86: Eleshnitsa [River], Rila Mts, Kyustendil District: 1100 m (Abadjiev, 1991: 33) • FM88: Valyavitsa [Place], Kyustendil District, 42.2833N, 23.2667E: [1000 m] (Abadjiev, 1995: Pl. XXI, 122) • FM96: Iliyna Reka [River], Rila Mts, Kyustendil District (Nicholl, 1900: 64) • FM96: Rilski Manastir, Rila Mts, Kyustendil District, 42.1333N, 23.3333E: [1400 m] (Drenowski, 1909c: 627) • FM97: Kirilova Polyana: [1300 m] (Nicholl, 1900: 64) • FN72: Sveti Kiril i Metodiy [Monastery], Mt Lyulin, Sofia District (Gogov, 1966: 58) • FN81: Zlatnite Mostove [Place], Mt Vitosha, Sofia District: 1200 m (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 188) • FN82: Klimatichno Uchilishte, Mt Lyulin, Sofia District (Gogov, 1966: 58) • FN82: Sofia (Knyzhevo — Vladaya): [650—1200 m] (Petkoff, 1914: 99) • FN91: Pancharevo [Village], Sofia District, 42.6N, 23.417E: [650 m] (Abadjiev, 1995: 25) • GM01: Yane Sandanski Chalet, Pirin Mts, Blagoevgrad District: [1230 m] (Lehmann, 1990: 124) • GM07: Suhoto Ezero [Lake], Rila Mts: 2000 m (Abadjiev, 2001: 243) • GM17: Zhelezni Vrata [Pass], Rila Mts, Sofia District: 950 m (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 188) • GM18: Borovets [Resort], Rila Mts, Sofia District, 42.26667N, 23.6E (Drenowski, 1909b: 74) • GM18: Slivnitsa [River], Rila Mts, Sofia District (Graves, 1928: 83) • GM18: Varnika [Place], Rila Mts, Sofia District, 42.26667N, 23.6E (Abadjiev, 2001: 243) • GM19: Samokov [Town], Rila Mts, Sofia District, 42.333N, 23.55E (Bachmetjew, 1902: 405) • GM28: Raduil [Village], Rila Mts, Sofia District, 42.283N, 23.683E: 800—1300 m (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 188) • GM33: Chehlyovo [Place], Rhodopi Mts, Pazardzhik District (Abadjiev, 2001: 243) • GM38: Kostenets [Town], Rila Mts, Sofia District, 42.26667N, 23.81667E (Nicholl, 1900: 68) • GM45: Velingrad [Town], Rhodopi Mts, Pazardzhik District, 42.017N, 24E: [700 m] (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 188) • GM47: Golyamo Belovo [Village], Pazardzhik District, 42.183N, 23.983E: [300 m] (Buresch, 1914: 123) • GN01: Urvich, Pancharevo Gorge, Sofia District (Buresch, 1940: 245) • GN01: Yazovir Iskar (Stenata), Sofia District: 720 m (Abadjiev, 1999: 288) • GN24: Vitinya [Pass], Stara Planina Range (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 188) • KG82: Devin [Town], Rhodopi Mts, Smolyan District, 41.733N, 24.4E: [800 m] (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 188) • KG83: Fotinovo [Village], Rhodopi Mts, Pazardzhik District, 41.883N, 24.35E: [1000 m] (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 188) • KH96: Golyama Zhelyazna [Village], Lovech District, 42.96667N, 24.46667E: [300 m] (Abadjiev, 2001: 243) • LG13: Mina Persenk, Rhodopi Mts: [900 m] (Abadjiev, 1995: Pl. XXI, 122) • LH22: Karlovo [Town], Plovdiv District, 42.633N, 24.8E: [400 m] (Haig-Thomas, 1936: 137) • MH42: Sliven [Town], 42.686N, 26.329E: [300 m] (Tschorbadjiew, 1919: 183) • MH43: Kutelka [Place], Sliven District: 900 m (Buresch & Tuleschkow, 1929: 188) • MH54: Kotel [Town], Sliven District, 42.883N, 26.45E: [500 m] (Rebel, 1903: 164).

UTM map of the known distribution of Limenitis populi in Bulgaria.