ALBULINA ORBITULUS
| English name: | Alpine Blue |
| Norwegian name: | Fjellblåvinge |
| Auctor: | (de Prunner, 1798) |
| Original description: | as Papilio orbitulus in Lep. Pedemont. : 75. |
| Syn.: | atys (Hübner, [1804]) (nom. praeocc.) |
| pheretes (Hoffmannsegg, 1806) | |
| pheretes (Hübner, [1806]) | |
| Type locality of nominate species: | Piedmont State, Italy. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | A. orbitulus orbitulus. |
| Worldwide distribution: | Alps, Scandinavian mountains, N and S Ural, Siberia to |
| Amur, Mongolia, Tibet and China. |
A. orbitulus orbitulus | |
| Auctor: | (de Prunner, 1798) |
| Syn.: | - - - |
| Type locality of subspecies: | Piedmont State, Italy. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Mountains in South Norway; Hardangervidda, Valdres, Jotunheimen, |
| Dovre. | |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | orbitulus: oreibates = mountain-ranging. |
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ALBULINA ORBITULUS ORBITULUS |
| Specimen | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks | Elevation | ||
| 1 | 42 | BV | Ål | 01-JUL-1993 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m | 1100 m |
| 2 | 42 | BV | Hol | 16-AUG-1997 | Tony Nagypal | TN | m | 1280 m |
| 3 | 79 | STI | Oppdal | 15-JUL-1987 | Torbjørn Pedersen | TN | f | 950 m |
| 4 | 79 | STI | Oppdal | 07-AUG-1996 | Tony Nagypal | TN | f (ventral view) | 950 m |
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