Nymphalidae: Heliconiinae

07218 Bog Fritillary Boloria eunomia, (Esper, 1799)

BF -- (ABH59.000)

W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male, 1 of 3.
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male, 1 of 3.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male, 1 of 3.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
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W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male, 2 of 3.
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male, 2 of 3.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male, 3 of 3.
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male, 3 of 3.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male.
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male.
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Male.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male, 1 of 2
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male, 1 of 2
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male, 2 of 2.
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male, 2 of 2.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male roosting.
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male roosting.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male roosting.
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male roosting.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male roosting.
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male roosting.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male
Western Stara Planina, Serbia, 10th June 2016. Male
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Female, 1 of 2.
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Female, 1 of 2.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Female, 2 of 2.
W. Stara Planina Mtns., Serbia. 10th June 2016. Female, 2 of 2.
 Photo © Nick Greatorex-Davies


General Information

This butterfly is on the southern most edge of its range in Bulgaria, where it is very local and rare.

 

It is currently only known from the central Stara Planina. However it occurs just over Bulgaria's NW border in Serbia in the Western Stara Planina (where these photo were taken). It seems likely that it also occurs in the Western Stara Planina within Bulgaria, where there are good areas of potentially suitable habitat. Places where it may occur are not easily accessible except on foot.


Foodplant(s): Bistort (Persicaria bistorta)
National status: Unknown

Habitat

Wet boggy herb-rich grassland where its foodplant Bistort (Persicaria bistorta) grows in abundance, especially in gullies alongside mountain streams at or above the tree-line.

Regional Information

Recorded in 1 (0.1%) of the 1900 10km squares of Bulgaria.

Last recorded in July 2017

Recorded date range (Adult): 10 June to 01 July


Unknown