Polyommatus escheri (Hübner, [1823])

[ Papilio] escheri Hübner, [1823]: Papiliones, pl. 160, figs 799, 800.

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

CHOROTYPE. — Euro-Mediterranean.

ECOLOGY. — Subnemoral, lowland-lower montane, thermophilous, mesophilous.

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