Polyommatus ripartii (Freyer, 1830)


Polyommatus ripartii: Adult (N-Greece, Drama, Mount Phalakro, 1500m, late July 2015) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Male (Northern Greece, Askio mountains, ssp. pelopi) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Female (Askio mountains, Northern Greece, July 2010) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Male with only faint white stripe hind wing underside (e.l. Askio mountains 2010) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Adult with only faint white dish (Askion, July 2010) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Adult (Spanish west Pyrenees, Jaca, July 2010) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Adult (Spanish west Pyrenees, Jaca, early July 2010). [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Male (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Male (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Male (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Male (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Female (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Mating (S-Bulgaria, Jagodina, 02. August 2013) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Half-grown larva (Askio mountains near Siatista, N-Greece, late May 2010) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Askion) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Askion) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [M] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [M] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [M] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [M] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [M] Polyommatus ripartii: Larva (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [M] Polyommatus ripartii: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Pupa (e.l. rearing, Greece, Chelmos mountains, larva in late May 2017) [S] Polyommatus ripartii: Habitat in Northern Greece (Askio mountains near Siatista), where also Polyommatus admetus occurs (May 2010). [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larval habitat (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larval habitat (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larval habitat (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larval habitat (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N] Polyommatus ripartii: Larval habitat (Greece, Chelmos mountains, late May 2017) [N]

Host plants:
Onobrychis species (sainfoin)

Habitat:
Polyommatus ripartii inhabits grasslands, steppe slopes, clear dry scrub and similar sites with Onobrychis up to medium-high altitudes (ca. 1900m).

Life cycle:
The caterpillar can be found from April to June. I found mostly half-grown caterpillars in northern Greece Askio mountains in late May. In the Chelmos mountains it was mature and common in all altitudes up to 1700m in late May 2017. The butterflies occur from late June to mid-August.

Endangerment factors:
Polyommatus ripartii is locally threatened by the usual factors (habitat loss due to human activities, as well as succession and reforestation after abandonment of extensive grazing).

Remarks:
Polyommatus ripartii is distributed very disjoint: northern Spain, southwestern Alps (Provence, maritime Alps), southern Poland, southern Balkans, Turkey, from the southern Urals to the Altai Mountains.



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