LEPIDOPTERA

• N Y M P H A L I D A E Swainson, 1827

  • BOLORIA Moore, 1900

    
    

    • Boloria caucasica (Lederer, 1852)

Boloria caucasica (Lederer, 1852)

• TYPE LOCALITY. The lectotype, designated by Van Oorschot & Wagener (1990), comes from «Achaltsiche und Kazbegi» [Akhaltsikhe and Kazbegi, Georgia].

• SYNONYM: pontica Crosson du Cormier, Guerin et de Lesse, 1957.

• RANGE. Caucasus and Transcaucasia; Turkey.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Specimens from Transcaucasia differ from those from the Caucasus Major by the more reddish ground colour of the UPS.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Wet mountain meadows up to 2,500 m a.s.l. Flight period: July to August.

• SIMILAR SPECIES. Clossiana dia: smaller: black markings on UPS more strongly developed: ground colour of UNS with violet lustre.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 2. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 2000