Range Description

The species occurs in the Alps (from the foothills of the French Alps to the Niedere Tauern in Austria) and in the southwest of Bulgaria (Rila and Pirin Mts.). In the Alps, its elevational range is 900-3,000 m (most numerous at altitudes higher than the tree-line), in Bulgaria 2,000-2,800 m. This is a European endemic species.