Polyommatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)

Pap.[ilio] icarus Rottemburg, 1775: 21 .

FIRST RECORD FOR THE VALDIERI AREA. — Turati & Verity (1911).

CHOROTYPE. — Asiatic-European.

ECOLOGY. — Subnemoral, lowland-upper montane, eurytherm, eurychorous.

EDIT PROJECT SAMPLING. — Natural reserve Juniperus phoenicea, dry grassland 878 m, VII-VIII.2008 ; Pian della Casa, subalpine pastures 1650, VII.2008 ; Fishing reserve Cappello di Napoleone, Beech-wood clearings, 1300 m, VII.2009 ; Valasco, Rhododendron heathland, 1690 m, VII.2009 ; Valasco, Hygrophilous grassland 1750 m, VIII.2009 ; Valasco, Juniperus heathland/grassland, 1790 m, VII-VIII.2009 ; Valasco, Subalpine scree, 1900 m, VII.2009, CS .