Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi (Herman, 1871)


Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Male (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [M] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Female (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Habitat (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Habitat (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Habitat (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N] Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi: Habitat (NW-Bulgaria, Oblast Montana, Zhelezna, early June 2018) [N]

Habitat:
In early June 2018 in NW-Bulgaria I recorded Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi in high densities in forb-dominated edges in and at the margin of a riparian woodland and in Rubus/Clematis scrub on embankments between nutrient-poor meadows and woodland.In another site I found it in lower numbers also in mountain pastures with denser and higher growing parts. Especially in the North Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi is said to prefer moist or wet meadows.

Life cycle:
The adults appear quite early from late May to July/August, in higher altitudes up to 1800m even later. The animals usually sunbath on forbs and scrub.

Remarks:
Pholidoptera frivaldszkyi occurs in SE-Europe: Central and East Slovakia, W-Ukraine, Romania, Central and W-Bulgaria, very local in a small area in N-Greece, Serbia, NE-Macedonia, N-Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina.



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