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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Boloria frigidalis 597x400 (~38Kb) ups male A chionophylic alpine meadow in a cirque of one of the Chikty Rivulet sources, 2700 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. 13th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria caucasica 1016x908 (~323Kb) ups Russia, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, Blyam Mt. E. slope, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria caucasica 1242x874 (~308Kb) uns Russia, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, Blyam Mt. E. slope, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria caucasica 908x851 (~177Kb) Russia, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, Blyam Mt. E. slope, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria banghaasi 533x400 (~50Kb) uns On the local dwarf birch Betula divaricata Ledeb. An Empetrum/lichen tundra alternating with dwarf pine Pinus pumila (Pall.) Regel elfin wood in the delta of the Burgauli River, the southern coast of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, Magadan Province, Russia. 18th July, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria roddi 598x526 (~60Kb) ups male Boggy, with Pentaphylloides fruticosa bushes 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
Boloria roddi 732x500 (~79Kb) ups male Boggy, with Pentaphylloides fruticosa bushes 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	Boloria roddi 400x515 (~34Kb) uns male Boggy, with Pentaphylloides fruticosa bushes 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 (on Tripleurospermum ambiguum), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria eunomia acidalia 533x400 (~49Kb) uns male An alpine meadow on a cirque bottom at 2500 m above sea level in the Argem (Direntai) Stream headwaters, 15 km W of the village Dzhazatr on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, Kosh-Agach District, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 19th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria selene 700x700 (~78Kb) ups A grassy open larch forest on the Yabaganskii Pass (1400 m above sea level) through the Seminskii mountain range, the northern Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria erubescens tienschanica 400x533 (~49Kb) uns An alpine meadow on the right bank terrace of the fourth tributary of the Sargir River (the Usek River basin), altitude 3200 m, 47 km NEN of Zharkent, 21 km NEN of village Sarybel', the mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 27th of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria selenis sibirica 532x326 (~51Kb) uns A southern steppefied slope of the mountain on the Chuya River right bank between the villages Kurai and Chagan-Uzun, Altai Mts., West SIberia, Russia. 7th July 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria oscarus 488x400 (~38Kb) uns male A bushy meadow on the second right bank terrace of the Koen River at the Volchikha Rivulet just upstream of its fall into the Koen River near the village Nizhniy Koen, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 18th June, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria euphrosyne 533x400 (~50Kb) larva An open pine grove above the bluff of the valley of the Bol'shoi Elbash River, 5 km NW of the village Ust'-Chem, Iskitim dist., Novosibirsk region, West Siberia, 9th May 1995 (mature larva), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria euphrosyne 1258x972 (~356Kb) ups male 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 Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 30th June 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria euphrosyne 861x1128 (~219Kb) uns male 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. 2nd July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria freija pallida 533x400 (~67Kb) uns female A dwarf birch (Betula rotundifolia Spach) montane tundra at 2200 m above sea level in the Argem (Direntai) Stream basin, 15 km W of the village Dzhazatr, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, Kosh-Agach District, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 13th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria freija pallida 508x444 (~38Kb) ups male A meadowy-tundrous SW slope of a ridge between the headwaters 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 Aster alpinus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria freija pallida 600x600 (~71Kb) ups male A meadowy-tundrous SW slope of a ridge between the headwaters 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 Aster alpinus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria angarensis 533x400 (~45Kb) ups female An open larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.)/birch (Betula pendula Roth. and B. davurica Pallas) forest above the left bluff of the Budyumkan River valley 5 km of its confluence with the Argun' River 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 2nd August 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria angarensis 352x299 (~22Kb) uns female A road in a larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.) forest not far from the Argun' River left bank between the village Uryupino and the Gazimur River, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 31th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria thore 600x600 (~98Kb) ups forest-tundra belt of the Koni Peninsula, S Magadan Region, Russia. 11th of July 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria thore 374x506 (~29Kb) uns Among the dead branches of the Siberian dwarf pine (Pinus pumila Ledeb.) A forest/tundra on the Koni Peninsula, S Magadan Region, Russia. 11th of July 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria thore hypercala 600x600 (~102Kb) ups female An open spruce forest, the Stolby Nature Reserve, Krasnoyarsk Province, 11th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria thore hypercala 784x1098 (~137Kb) ups male female A grassy open larch forest on the Yabaganskii Pass (1400 m above sea level) through the Seminskii mountain range, the northern Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria thore hypercala 800x800 (~145Kb) uns female A grassy open larch forest on the Yabaganskii Pass (1400 m above sea level) through the Seminskii mountain range, the northern Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria thore hypercala 1088x786 (~121Kb) uns male A grassy open larch forest on the Yabaganskii Pass (1400 m above sea level) through the Seminskii mountain range, the northern Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria frigga alpestris 872x600 (~56Kb) ups female Highland dwarf birch tundras on of the southerm principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain at the the Chikty Rivulet headwaters, 2400 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria frigga alpestris 900x592 (~98Kb) ups female A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria frigga alpestris 800x800 (~121Kb) uns female A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2600 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria frigga alpestris 475x500 (~33Kb) uns male An alpine meadow vegetation at a brook flowing in a moss/sedge tundra in a cirque of the sources of a rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2650 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 16 July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria dia 533x400 (~44Kb) uns A dwarf birch (Betula rotundifolia Spach) montane tundra at 2200 m above sea level in the Argem (Direntai) Stream basin, 15 km W of the village Dzhazatr, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, Kosh-Agach District, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 129 - 15th, 130 - 12th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boloria dia 1100x768 (~335Kb) ups Russia, West Siberia, Altaiskii Krai Province, Zmeinogorsk District, Savvushka village environs, the Lake Kolyvenskoe bank, a slope steppe. 9th September 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boloria titania staudingeri 700x510 (~58Kb) ups A grassy open larch forest on the Yabaganskii Pass (1400 m above sea level) through the Seminskii mountain range, the northern Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vindula dejone erotella 1216x1104 (~394Kb) uns male Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Yorn village environs, 5th June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vindula dejone erotella 1299x758 (~372Kb) uns male Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Yorn village environs, 5th June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Vindula erota 1049x904 (~204Kb) male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 16 km of ENE Koh Kong, the 'Nannophya' forest rivulet. 23rd July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vindula erota 1158x905 (~136Kb) ups male Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vindula erota 1037x1027 (~379Kb) uns male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 25.5 km of ENE Koh Kong, the 'Capricornis' forest rivulet near its junction with the Sala Munthun (Right Tatai) River. 29th November 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Vindula erota 1053x1026 (~563Kb) ups male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 25.5 km of ENE Koh Kong, the 'Capricornis' forest rivulet near its junction with the Sala Munthun (Right Tatai) River. 29th November 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vindula erota 1125x1024 (~254Kb) uns male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, the Thma Bang River left tributary at the bridge, 7 km SW Thma Bang village, 23rd August 2011, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vindula erota 1155x1041 (~343Kb) uns male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 16 km of ENE Koh Kong, the 'Nannophya' forest rivulet. 23rd July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Vindula erota 1106x1193 (~241Kb) uns male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 16 km of ENE Koh Kong, the 'Nannophya' forest rivulet. 23rd July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vindula erota 1058x895 (~464Kb) ups male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Seima Forest, 34 km SW of Sen Monorom, a forest rivulet, 17th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vindula erota 818x898 (~348Kb) male Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Yorn village environs, 3th June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Vindula erota 1358x1181 (~590Kb) ups male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Seima Forest, 34 km SW of Sen Monorom, a forest rivulet, 17th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Algia fasciata 934x918 (~116Kb) ups Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Algia fasciata 1109x918 (~215Kb) ups Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Algia fasciata 1205x1165 (~274Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cirrochroa surya siamensis 1088x1075 (~491Kb) ups male Cambodia, Siem Reap Province, Phnom Kulen Mts., Kbal Spean River, 14th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cirrochroa tyche 715x767 (~108Kb) A pond at the Saikaew beach, Ko Khram island at Pattaya, Chon Buri Province, Thailand. 11th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Cirrochroa tyche 995x736 (~115Kb) A pond at the Saikaew beach, Ko Khram island at Pattaya, Chon Buri Province, Thailand. 11th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cirrochroa tyche 912x918 (~166Kb) A pond at the Saikaew beach, Ko Khram island at Pattaya, Chon Buri Province, Thailand. 11th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cirrochroa tyche 1162x1092 (~227Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin