Albulina orbitulus lobbichleri Forster, 1961 is the rare high Himalayan small-sized butterfly (^{Smith 2011a}) belonging to the family Lycaenidae. It is commonly known as Greenish Mountain Blue. Subspecies lobbichleri has been reported and described from Nepal only (^{Smith 2011a}; ^{Gasse 2013}). It was recorded for the first time by the German entomologist W.A. Forster who was here with the German Expedition team in the sixties. It was found distributed precisely in the two western Himalayan regions; Manang and Mustang within the elevational ranges between 2,500-4,511 m (^{Smith 2011a}) and the central region of Nepal (^{Smith 2011b}; Gasse 2013). In total, twenty-six individuals of the butterfly subspecies were recorded so far from the regions (^{Smith 2011a}).

On September 20, 2020, a single male individual of A. o. lobbichleri was recorded at the elevation of 4,815 m within the geographical stands of 28.874297° N / 84.003804° E in Mustang, West Nepal (Fig. 1). This butterfly subspecies was recorded during an opportunistic survey. During the half an hour observation, the behaviors of the taxon we observed were; it has short flying periods (20-30 seconds) covering a maximum 10 m distance flight, mostly basking with folded wings in the alpine meadow grassland for approximately two minutes, and also found preferring open steppe slopes with dry bushes coverage for short periods. During the observation period, the taxon was sighted foraging the vegetations namely; Stellaria chamaejasme (Linnaeus, 1753) (Fig. 2) and Taraxacum officinale (Wiggers, 1881). Close morphological features were studied following the captured and released method and photographed in a natural position.

Figure 1 Recorded elevational range of A. o. lobbichleri in Mustang district, Nepal. / Rango de elevación registrado para A. o. lobbichleri en el distrito de Mustang, Nepal. 

The most reliable identical features of A. o. lobbichleri includes; forewings (FW) apex pointed with wingspan 26-30 mm; Upperside- male blue and female brown. Wings are fenced with black borders over with white fringes. Underside: FW grayish brown with four discal spots and one subcostal black spot encircled white; underside hindwings (HW) are assigned by conspicuous four bigger post discal white spots, three subcostal spots, and discal area with white blotch-like marking; the base of the HW suffused with bluish-green dust.

The finding of the new elevation record depicts the current distribution range changes of the butterfly and details its behaviors. But, the current number of individuals we recorded is the deficit number of individuals with the previous record. Habitat degradation due to developmental activities and food plant depletion by unmanaged overgrazing in the study sites were the observed conservation threats that lead the butterfly toward upward shift and decreasing individuals. The previous study has also the finding of the new high elevation record of the butterfly species Carterocephalus avanti (De Niceville, 1886) (^{Shrestha et al. 2018}). Such extension could have coincided with global climate change (^{Shrestha et al. 2018}). However, the extensive scientific study related to the spatial and temporal patterns of the butterfly species and their relation with associated environmental variables will provide additional information to support the further conclusion. Therefore, systematic scientific assessments are of utmost importance in such a globally prioritized Himalayan region of Nepal.

Figure 2 A. o. lobbichleri foraging on flower of Stellaria chamaejasme. Photo: Sanej Prasad Suwal. / A. o. laubichleri forrajeando sobre flores de Stellaria chamaejasme. Fotografía: Sanej Prasad Suwal.