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Agrodiaetus humedasae

Piedmont Anomalous Blue

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Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2004

 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2004

 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2004

 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2004

 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2004

 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2002

 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2002
 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2002
 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2002
 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2003
 

Valle d'Aosta, Italy, July 2002

 

This species has an extremely restricted range. It is confined to one small valley in NW Italy at an altitude limited to little more than 100m in height. Luckily it is very similar in appearance to many of the other European species of Anomalous Blue which, I'm sure, has saved it from the excessive persecution by professional collectors suffered by some other prettier European species.

Its habitat is protected and this is advertised in the area. Despite this I found the handle of a butterfly net nearby one of the signs that clearly forbid collecting. Sad but inevitable I fear.

I don't know what separates it from the other similar members of the genus except its location. I presume some genetic or genetalial studies have led to its treatment as a different species. Certainly its distribution is isolated from and further north than its closest cousins.

 

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