Agapanthia violacea Fabricius, 1775

Material examined.

Almaty Region: 7 km W of Kabanbay [ Қабaнбaй] (45°48'N, 80°31'E), 720 m a.s.l., 9 V 2017, 9♂♂, 4♀♀, leg. RP & TJ; 9♂♂, 6♀♀, leg. JH; 3♀♀, leg. KL; 1♂, leg. GT; 6 km E of Koylik [ Қoйлық] (45°38'N, 80°19'E), 737 m a.s.l., 9 V 2017, 1♂, leg. RP; 2♂♂, leg. KL; East Kazakhstan Region: Bykovo [ Быково] env. (49°39'N, 84°33'E), 570 m a.s.l., 24 VI 2017, 3♂♂, leg. WTS.

Remarks.

Agapanthia violacea is distributed from Southern and Central Europe through Asia Minor and the Caucasus to Lake Baikal in Siberia. It is a thermophilic species that mainly inhabits xerothermic sites. It is ecologically associated with various plant species, mainly of Apiaceae and Asteraceae . The adults can be found on their host plants from mid-May to July (Paulus 1974, Cherepanov 1991a).

The specimens were mainly collected on Astragalus sieversianus (Fig. 12G).