432x289 (~30Kb) USA: Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1999, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 1036x991 (~183Kb) USA: Alabama, Jeff. Co., 13.5.2000, Photo © Vitaly Charny | 1157x771 (~131Kb) larva USA: Alabama, 22.4.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny |
1091x867 (~104Kb) larva USA: Alabama, 5.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny | 800x1238 (~239Kb) larva USA: Alabama, 5.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny | 1300x927 (~250Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 5.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny |
967x1339 (~220Kb) underside USA: Alabama, 5.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny | 828x633 (~95Kb) USA: Alabama, 13.5.2001, Photo © Vitaly Charny | 1049x766 (~209Kb) upperside USA: Alabama, 6.5.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny |
Larva on Chelone glabra, Gerardia grandiflora, G. pedicularia, Plantago lanceolata, Fraxinus americana [NAB]
Larva on Castilleja , Penstemon , Scrophulariaceae , Plantaginaceae , Boraginaceae [NAB]
Larva on Plantago , Lonicera , Symphoricarpos ablus [NAB]
Larva on Symphoricarpos albus, Symphoricarpos vaccinoides, Penstemon antirrhinoides, P. subserratus, Plantago major [NAB]
Larva on Schrophulariaceae , Castilleja , Orthocarpus , Pedicularis , Plantago [NAB]
1822x1234 (~544Kb) ♀ upperside Canada: British Columbia, Victoria, 6 May 1917 (topotype, W. Downes leg.), Photo 2007 © Norbert Kondla | 1772x1184 (~504Kb) ♀ underside Canada: British Columbia, Victoria, 6 May 1917 (topotype, W. Downes leg.), Photo 2007 © Norbert Kondla |
800x612 (~60Kb) ♂ upperside FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 1.7.1998 Photo © Markku Savela | 1000x765 (~67Kb) underside FINLAND: Sa: Ristiina, 6817:528, 2.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela | 594x400 (~49Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch |
595x400 (~62Kb) upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 527x511 (~113Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 4.7.2015 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov | 635x618 (~105Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 11.6.2011 (38°52'E, 55°33'N), Photo © D. Smirnov |
Larva on Betula spp., Salix spp., Fraxinus excelsior, Veronica longifolia, Melampyrum sylvaticum, Viburnum opulus, Lonicera xylosteum, Lonicera coerulea, L. caprifolium [SPRK], Scabiosa , Veronica , Salvia , Plantago , Viola , Digitalis [BRU2]: 58
392x393 (~14Kb) ♀ underside A hillock swamped meadow at a riparian spruce wood at the vllage Topuchaya, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., S Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998 (on Pentaphylloides fruticosa), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 480x408 (~41Kb) ♂ upperside A forb meadowy edge of a birch forest, the lower part of the Kora River valley, the Mynchukur mountain range, the northern chain of the Dzhungarian Alatau Mts., Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 13th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1072x790 (~197Kb) ♂ upperside Kuzuyak Pass between the lower valleys of Akkem and Kucherla, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian} Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 26th June 2007 (on Carum carvi), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
1146x1065 (~260Kb) ♂ upperside Kuzuyak Pass between the lower valleys of Akkem and Kucherla, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian} Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 26th June 2007 (on Carum carvi), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1078x1042 (~277Kb) ♂ upperside Russia, West Siberia, NW Altai Mts., Ust'-Kan District, Bashchelakskii Range, meadow steppe 1 km SSW of Keley village. 4th July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1235x1002 (~385Kb) ♂ upperside Russia, West Siberia, NW Altai Mts., Ust'-Kan District, Bashchelakskii Range, meadow steppe 1 km SSW of Keley village. 4th July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
547x400 (~46Kb) ♂ upperside Dwarf pine/dwarf alder forest-tundra at about 1000 m above sea level, the mountains of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 23rd July 1989 (on Ledum palustre), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 878x932 (~273Kb) ♂ upperside A large opening with a ruderal vegetation, called Konoplyanaya Polyana, in the lower reaches of the Oroktoi brook, a right tributary of the Akkem River, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 27th June 2007 (on Ferula soongarica), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1225x1110 (~356Kb) ♀ upperside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 3rd July 2007 (on Patrinia rupestris), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
915x1176 (~353Kb) ♀ upperside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 4th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 831x961 (~190Kb) ♂ underside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 5th July 2007 (on Bistorta major), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1201x872 (~417Kb) ♀ upperside The lower Oroktoi brook valley, a right tributary of the Akkem River, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian} Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007 (on fresh horse dung), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Veronica , Lonicera [RFEL]
906x600 (~84Kb) ♀ upperside Dwarf birch (Betula rotundifolia) thickets on the left bank of the Dzhazator River in its upper flow, between the falls of its right tributaries Chikty and Akbul, 2000 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Plantago , P. alpina, Alchemilla [H&R]
400x520 (~50Kb) pupa Finland, Kilpisjärvi 767:25, 06.07.1982, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen |
Larva on (as ichnea) Lonicera maacki [BRU2]: 58, Bartsia alpina?, Vaccinium uliginosum?, V. myrtillus? [SPRK], Plantago , Veronica , Vaccinium [BRU2]: 59
500x447 (~92Kb) ♀ upperside A tremendows large-stoned scree at about 1000 m above sea level, the mountains of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 23rd July, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 533x400 (~58Kb) underside A subalpine meadow at the dwarf pine (Pinus pumila (Pall.) Regel) thickets on the southen slope of a pass between Khindzha and Burgauli valleys, in a valley of a left tributary of the latter, about 500 m above sea level, the mountains of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 12th July, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
942x600 (~88Kb) upperside An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 457x500 (~42Kb) underside Highland dwarf birch (Betula rotundifolia) tundras on a ledge of the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 864x1067 (~236Kb) ♂ upperside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 3rd July 2007 (on Bupleurum), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
1080x863 (~433Kb) ♀ upperside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 3rd July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1115x918 (~294Kb) ♀ upperside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 3rd July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Lonicera involucrata, Symphoricarpos albus [NAB]
500x420 (~58Kb) upperside Criptor, Devon, UK 25/05/92, Photo © Simon Coombes | 550x371 (~40Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 371x550 (~48Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch |
595x400 (~57Kb) upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 1024x560 (~109Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 26.05.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov | 758x488 (~92Kb) larva Russia, Moscow area, 18.5.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov |
748x596 (~109Kb) upperside Russia, Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 14.6.2009, Photo © D. Smirnov | 809x652 (~98Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 14.6.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov | 909x1133 (~275Kb) underside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 30th June 2007 (on Senecio turczanovii), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
1224x918 (~296Kb) underside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 30th June 2007 (on Myosotis), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1224x918 (~296Kb) underside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 1st July 2007 (on Aster alpinus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1068x915 (~305Kb) upperside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 1st July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
1366x1063 (~324Kb) underside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 1st July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 950x844 (~191Kb) upperside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West SIberia, Russia. 3rd July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1327x1165 (~281Kb) upperside An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West SIberia, Russia. 3rd July 2007 (on Alchemilla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
1004x654 (~127Kb) ♀ upperside Russia, Moscow area, 9.6.2019 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov |
Larva on Plantago lanceolata, Succisa pratensis [SPRK], Knautia arvense [BARU], Scabiosa succisa, Digitalis , Plantago , Veronica , Geranium , Sambucus , Gentiana , Valeriana , Lonicera , Spiraea , Viburnum , Succisa [BRU2]: 55
Larva on Scabiosa pratensis, S. columbaria [BRU2]: 56
600x435 (~36Kb) upperside Morocco, Imouzzèr-Kandar, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier |
Larva on Lonicera implexa, L. etrusca?, L. biflora?, L. periclymenum?, (in Spain) Knautia arvensis, Succisa pratensis, Digitalis sp., Plantago sp., Veronica sp., Geranium sp. [BMAT]
Larva on Succisa pratensis [BRU2]: 55
684x616 (~64Kb) ♀ upperside An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998 (on Viola altaiaca), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 527x440 (~21Kb) ♂ upperside An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West SIberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 762x503 (~54Kb) upperside An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West SIberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Cephalaria gigantea [BRU2]: 56
533x400 (~60Kb) ♂ upperside A meadow in the lower valley of the Kora River about 10 km upstream of the Tekeli City (1300 m above sea level), the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Kopal District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 13th June 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
1072x918 (~257Kb) ♀ upperside A steppe on the Kurota River left bank at its mouth, 12 km SW of Ongudai village, Ongudai District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1177x918 (~269Kb) ♀ upperside A steppe on the Kurota River left bank at its mouth, 12 km SW of Ongudai village, Ongudai District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1196x909 (~309Kb) ♀ upperside A steppe on the Kurota River left bank at its mouth, 12 km SW of Ongudai village, Ongudai District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
800x600 (~151Kb) upperside Wet ground at the pool in the pine forest called Tsasucheiskii Bor at the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 534x800 (~117Kb) ♂ ♀ underside A meadow on the bank of Lake Butyvken, surrounded by a magnificent pine forest within a steppe zone called Tsasucheiskii Bor, 10 km SW of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 25th June 1995 (on Oxytropis myriophylla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 450x600 (~56Kb) underside A meadow on the bank of Lake Butyvken, surrounded by a magnificent pine forest within a steppe zone called Tsasucheiskii Bor, 10 km SW of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 25th June 1995 (a congregation), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
600x435 (~77Kb) ♂ ♀ Morocco, Tizi-n-Tretten, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre | 600x435 (~61Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Morocco, Tizi-n-Tretten, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre | 600x435 (~58Kb) ♂ ♀ upperside Morocco, Ito, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier |
Larva on Knautia arvensis [BMAT]
800x580 (~68Kb) upperside Morocco, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre |
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