?95. Polyommatus olympena Verity, 1936

Original combination.

" L. escheri, Hüb . race olympena, nom. nov." Verity, 1936 Ent. Rec. 48: 8.

Current combination.

Polyommatus escheri olympena (Verity, 1936).

Current status.

Valid subspecies.

Type material.

Syntypes 2?? (ZMH 833487-833488) (Fig. 95). "olympena Vrty" // "Macedonia / Olympus, 2500' / July 13, 1935 / Romei" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833487"; "olympena Vrty" // "Macedonia / Olympus, 2500' / July 9, 1936 / Romei" // [blank label] // "ZMH 833488".

Type locality.

Greece: "Mt. Olympus, from 850 to 1500 m."

Remarks.

Verity (1936) proposed this name as a race of L. escheri Hübner, 1823. According to Kudrna (1983: 34), this race represents an available subspecific name.