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Message: <blockquote data-quote="balkantrek" data-source="post: 1521383" data-attributes="member: 53352">Often I see spots in front of my eyes, but this time I hadn't noticed any. Thanks for your input on this image, I really thought there was little or no chance of getting close to an identification of photo 1. Your suggestions of photo3 being Escher's Blue is interesting. My only doubts about this are connected with the distribution and status of this species in Bulgaria. The photo was taken in northern Bulgaria at an altitude of about 300m. There is absolutely no record of the species occuring in this part of Bulgaria (although that of course doesn't rule it out!). On his website 'The Butterlies of Bulgaria', Kolev comments on the distribution as: 'Very local: the karst regions of Pirin and W Rhodopi, single records from Rila and Slivenska Stara Planina. Between 500 and 1700 m a.s.l.' <a href="http://www.butterfliesofbulgaria.com/polesc.html" target="_blank">http://www.butterfliesofbulgaria.com/polesc.html</a> Would be nice if we have located a new region for the species!</blockquote>