![Photo: melas1.jpg](../pics/m/melas1.jpg)
N Macedonia, Greece, August 2008
![Photo: melas4.jpg](../pics/m/melas4.jpg)
S Greece, July 2007
Field notes and information
A really black species, lacking any of the orange patches typical of this genus. Found sporadically in southeast Europe from Slovenia and Romania and southwards.
Identification & Similar species: When fresh it is jet black with intense white points. Quite unlike any other species.
Distribution & Flight: Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, and mountains running parallel the Adriatic coast from Slovenia and southwards. Mid July/ September. I've found it fairly worn at the end of July in south Greece but fresh in north Greece in mid August.
Habitat & Behaviour: Rocks and grassy slopes at high altitudes near the summits of hills and mountains.
![Photo: melas18.jpg](../pics/m/melas18.jpg)
Macedonia, Greece, July 2016
![Photo: melas11.jpg](../pics/m/melas11.jpg)
![Photo: melas20.jpg](../pics/m/melas20.jpg)
![Photo: melas22.jpg](../pics/m/melas22.jpg)
Macedonia, Greece, July 2016
![Photo: melas8.jpg](../pics/m/melas8.jpg)
S Greece, July 2007
![Photo: melas17.jpg](../pics/m/melas17.jpg)
![Photo: melas10.jpg](../pics/m/melas10.jpg)
Macedonia, Greece, July 2016
![Photo: melas2.jpg](../pics/m/melas2.jpg)
![Photo: melas3.jpg](../pics/m/melas3.jpg)
N Macedonia, Greece, August 2008
![Photo: melas9.jpg](../pics/m/melas9.jpg)
![Photo: melas5.jpg](../pics/m/melas5.jpg)
S Greece, July 2007
![Photo: melas12.jpg](../pics/m/melas12.jpg)
Macedonia, Greece, July 2016
![Photo: melas16.jpg](../pics/m/melas16.jpg)
Macedonia, Greece, July 2016
![Photo: melas7.jpg](../pics/m/melas7.jpg)
S Greece, July 2007
![Photo: melas21.jpg](../pics/m/melas21.jpg)
Macedonia, Greece, July 2016
![Photo: melas6.jpg](../pics/m/melas6.jpg)
S Greece, July 2007