Day 7: Kuris and surroundings
For this day I had the choice between trying again for Polyommatus damonides on the road to the airport (see Armenia part IV) or joining on a trip a bit higher up in the mountains with Alex Dantchenko, Russian Lycaenid specialist who I accidentally met in the B&B I stayed in Meghri. I made the second choice. Although this meant I would miss P. damonides, joining Alex Dantchenko was a more than unique chance.
For this day I had the choice between trying again for Polyommatus damonides on the road to the airport (see Armenia part IV) or joining on a trip a bit higher up in the mountains with Alex Dantchenko, Russian Lycaenid specialist who I accidentally met in the B&B I stayed in Meghri. I made the second choice. Although this meant I would miss P. damonides, joining Alex Dantchenko was a more than unique chance.
Pieris pseudorapae
A taxon in the Pieris-napi-group. According to some authors this taxon should be synonymised with Pieris napi meridionalis but apparently breeding experiments between pseudorapae & napi suggest it to be two species.
Colias aurorina, female
Note the very deep orange on the bit of front wing you can see on this pic, I have another pic of the same individual being attacked by a male Colias croceus and then the difference in color is very obvious.
Colias aurorina, female of the pale morph on the possible larval food plant, Astragalus species
Lycaena thersamon, male
Satyrium ilicis
Melanargia larissa
Chazara briseis
Provisional species list
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