Day 13: Vardashat
I traveled to Lusashogh in order to find Colias chlorocoma. Unfortunately soon after I arrived I noticed that there wasn't good habitat in the neighbourhood for this species. I was hoping to find the larval foodplant, Onobrychis cornuta, at a lower altitude than near Gnishik but near Lusashogh there seemed to be lots of grazing activities from cows, sheep and horses so it took me to late afternoon until I found some good amounts of Onobrychis cornuta near Vardashat but then it started to get cloudy so I moved on to lower elevations near Areni.
I traveled to Lusashogh in order to find Colias chlorocoma. Unfortunately soon after I arrived I noticed that there wasn't good habitat in the neighbourhood for this species. I was hoping to find the larval foodplant, Onobrychis cornuta, at a lower altitude than near Gnishik but near Lusashogh there seemed to be lots of grazing activities from cows, sheep and horses so it took me to late afternoon until I found some good amounts of Onobrychis cornuta near Vardashat but then it started to get cloudy so I moved on to lower elevations near Areni.
overgrazed meadows near Lusashogh
Near Vardashat
Muschampia tessellum
or intergrade with Muschampia nomas
Lycaena ochimus
Lycaena alciphron
Euphydryas aurinia
Chazara persephone
Black-headed bunting, one of the most common bird species in june in Armenia
Provisional species list
| Erynnis tages |
| Pyrgus sidae |
| Ochlodes sylvanus |
| Muschampia tessellum |
| Parnassius mnemosyne |
| Iphiclides podalirius |
| Papilio alexanor |
| Leptidea duponcheli |
| Aporia crataegi |
| Pieris ergane |
| Pontia edusa |
| Colias croceus |
| Colias alfacariensis |
| Lycaena phlaeas |
| Lycaena alciphron |
| Lampides boeticus |
| Cupido minimus |
| Glaucopsyche alexis |
| Pseudophilotes vicrama |
| Polyommatus amandus |
| Polyommatus icarus |
| Polyommatus bellargus |
| Callophrys paulae |
| Lycaena ochimus |
| Lycaena thersamon |
| Argynnis pandora |
| Issoria lathonia |
| Euphydryas aurinia |
| Melitaea cinxia |
| Vanessa cardui |
| Aglais urticae |
| Nymphalis xanthomelas |
| Lasiommata megera |
| Coenonympha pamphilus |
| Coenonympha leander |
| Erebia medusa |
| Melanargia russiae |
| Chazara briseis |
| Chazara persephone |
Near Areni
Satyrium hyrcanicum
Melanargia larissa
Provisional species list
| Spialia orbifer |
| Eogenes alcides |
| Papilio machaon |
| Aporia crataegi |
| Pieris rapae |
| Pontia edusa |
| Colias croceus |
| Lycaena phlaeas |
| Aricia agestis |
| Polyommatus icarus |
| Satyrium hyrcanicum |
| Vanessa atalanta |
| Melanargia larissa |
| Chazara briseis |
| Chazara persephone |
| Pseudochazara mamurra |
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