Chrysura pelopaecida ( du Buysson, 1887 )

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Chrysura pelopaecida ( du Buysson, 1887) *

Chrysis pelopaeicida du Buysson, 1887: 176 . Lectotype ♂, designated by Bohart in Kimsey & Bohart 1991: 494; Palestine: Tiberias (MNHN) ( radians group).

Material examined. S. Lebanon: Jezzine 2.vi.1953, 1♀, leg. G.A. Mavromoustakis, det. W. Linsenmaier 1959 ( NMLU); Mt. Hermon, 1900m, 27.vii.1971, 1♀, 1♂, leg. Bytinski-Salz, det. W. Linsenmaier 1981; Mt. Hermon, 1700m, 28.vi.1971, 1♂, leg. Bytinski-Salz, det. W. Linsenmaier 1981; N. Lebanon: Cedars, 1800 m, 6.vii.1960, 1♀, leg. G.A. Mavromoustakis, det. W. Linsenmaier 1963 ( NMLU); Bcharre, Plateau Qornet Es Sawda, 2679 m, 2.vii.2019, 1♀, leg. A. Gekière, det. P. Rosa ( UMONS), on Fabaceae : Vicia canescen s ; Arz Tannourine, 1784 m, vi.2016, 1♂, leg. M. Rehayem, det. P. Rosa ( MBOU); Arz Tannourine, Trail 4, 1781 m, 30.vi.2019, 1♀, leg. M. Boustani det. P. Rosa ( MBOU), on Euphorbiaceae : Euphorbia sp.

Distribution. * Lebanon. Turkey, Greece, Syria, Palestine ( Linsenmaier 1959, 1968).