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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Euphydryas sibirica 1196x909 (~309Kb) ups female 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	Euphydryas sibirica davidi 800x600 (~151Kb) ups 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	Euphydryas sibirica davidi 534x800 (~117Kb) uns male female 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
Euphydryas sibirica davidi 450x600 (~56Kb) uns 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	Melitaea didyma neera 820x480 (~92Kb) larva A high steppefied right bank of the Shipunikha Rivulet 3 km NE of the village Evsino, Iskitim district, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1996 (on a leaf of Phlomis tuberosa L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea latonigena latonigena 1140x782 (~172Kb) male female Russia, Siberia, Tyva Republic, Todzha District, the Azas Nature Reserve, a southern steppen slope of a mountain on the northern bank of Lake Azas at the Ilgi-Chul brook mouth, 52°44' N 96°36' E, alt. 1000 m, 23rd July 2000, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea latonigena altaica 461x700 (~58Kb) uns male female A subalpine short forb meadow on an opening in an open larch forest on the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets , 2100 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 16th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea latonigena altaica 400x533 (~49Kb) uns male An alpine meadow, at 2200 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 14th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea latonigena altaica 429x668 (~28Kb) uns A larch parkland between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2000 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. 15th July 1998 (on Veronica porphyriana), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea latonigena altaica 768x700 (~76Kb) uns A larch parkland between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2000 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. 15th July 1998 (on Veronica porphyriana), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea latonigena altaica 572x407 (~28Kb) ups female A larch parkland between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2000 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. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea latonigena altaica 503x432 (~21Kb) (aberrative) uns male A steppefied southern slope of small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West SIberia, Russia. 19th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea latonigena altaica 1099x852 (~410Kb) ups male 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	Melitaea didymoides 592x710 (~76Kb) uns male A steppefied meadow at 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. 4th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea didymoides 800x800 (~153Kb) ups female a meadow on the Onon River right bank floodland 10 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, SE Zabaikalye, 18th July 1997 (on Dianthus versicolor), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea sutschana 410x400 (~37Kb) uns female A steppefied meadow on a southern slope of the Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997 (aberrantly large basal black spots), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea sutschana 410x547 (~53Kb) ups female A steppefied meadow on the Argun' River left bank terrace 4 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea sutschana 533x400 (~35Kb) uns male A steppefied southern left slope 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. 26th July 1997 (on Leontopodium conglobatum (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea sutschana 565x490 (~34Kb) ups male A steppefied southern left slope 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. 26th July 1997 (on Leontopodium conglobatum (Turcz.) Hand.-Mazz), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea romanovi puella 800x600 (~103Kb) uns female The southern slope, covered with a short-grass steppe, of the hill Chikhalan on the northern bank of a brackish Lake Zun-Torei, Onon district, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea romanovi puella 600x467 (~24Kb) female A short-grass steppe, on the northern bank of a brackish Lake Zun-Torei at the foot of the hill Chikhalan, Onon district, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1996 (captured by a spider), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea arduinna 1128x901 (~303Kb) ups male Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand, a brook valley downstream Baneh village. 19th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea arduinna 975x882 (~253Kb) male Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand, a brook valley downstream Baneh village. 19th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea arduinna 856x910 (~274Kb) ups male Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand, a brook valley downstream Baneh village. 19th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea cinxia 533x400 (~33Kb) uns A clearing in a pine forest at the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), S Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 2nd July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea cinxia 1200x1200 (~286Kb) uns male female A birch grove edge 9 km E of village Troitskoe, Karasuk District, Novosibirsk Province. 19th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea cinxia 1121x772 (~276Kb) ups female Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand , Bolagh spring. 20th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea cinxia tschujaca 698x500 (~48Kb) ups male 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	Melitaea arcesia minor 1060x700 (~83Kb) uns female An alpine meadow in the valley of a headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 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. 15th July 1998 (on Tripleurospermum ambiguum), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea arcesia minor 460x528 (~42Kb) ups male An alpine meadow on a southern slope 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 Tripleurospermum ambiguum), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea arcesia minor 1131x1089 (~353Kb) uns 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	Melitaea diamina erycina 893x740 (~246Kb) ups 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 a fresh horse dung), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea diamina erycinides 400x300 (~30Kb) ups male A meadow at tiny aspen at a granite rocky ridge crest on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita region (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea phoebe saturata 400x437 (~38Kb) uns A meadow steppe on the Shipunikha Rivulet right bank terrace 2 km NE of the village Evsino, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 21st June 1997 (On Campanula sibirica L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea phoebe changaica 600x800 (~115Kb) larva A meadow steppe on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita region (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 19th June 1995 (mature larva), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea phoebe changaica 400x533 (~49Kb) pupa 3rd July, the caterpillar was collected on a meadow steppe on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita region (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 19th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea phoebe changaica 600x800 (~110Kb) uns male female The southern slope, covered with a short-grass steppe, of the hill Chikhalan on the northern bank of a brackish Lake Zun-Torei, Onon district, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea phoebe changaica 582x759 (~87Kb) male female A bushy fold of the Dugee Mt. southern slope N of the city of Kyzyl, Tyva Republic (Tuva), Central Siberia, Russia. 24th June 2004 (A male attempting to mate and a female in the rejection posture), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea athalia 600x800 (~118Kb) uns male female A forest meadow in open asp/birch wood in the surroundings of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West SIberia, Russia. 27th May 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea athalia reticulata 1127x829 (~256Kb) uns Russia, West Siberia, the Altai Mts., Altai Republic, Shebalino District, the Ulus-Cherga village environs, a herbaceous meadow on southern slope. 8th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea ambigua kenteana 400x533 (~40Kb) uns male An open pine forest on the hill just north of the Chita City, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th June 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea plotina standeli 533x400 (~52Kb) ups female A damp meadow in the Shadrikha Rivulet valley 2 km upstream of the village Mel'nichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 29th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea plotina standeli 400x300 (~27Kb) uns male A swampy meadow in the Shadrikha Rivulet valley 2 km upstream of the village Mel'nichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 18th July 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea menetriesi centralasiae 383x300 (~34Kb) ups female A bushy meadow on the second right bank terrace of the Koen River at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russiae. 4th July 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea menetriesi centralasiae 598x676 (~76Kb) uns male female An open pine forest on the Onon River right bank terrace, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 5th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea menetriesi centralasiae 644x596 (~47Kb) male female 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 (A pair making courtship), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea menetriesi centralasiae 548x400 (~44Kb) ups Highland dwarf birch tundras on of the southerm principle 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	Melitaea menetriesi centralasiae 622x400 (~30Kb) uns Highland dwarf birch tundras on of the southerm principle 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
Melitaea menetriesi centralasiae 672x652 (~74Kb) uns male An alpine meadow on a southern slope 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 Myosotis sp.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melitaea menetriesi centralasiae 1080x826 (~449Kb) ups 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	Melitaea alatauica 400x300 (~31Kb) ups female A meadow in the middle valley of the Kora River, 23 km NE of the Tekeli City (1700 m above sea level), the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), the Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 13th June 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melitaea alatauica 400x300 (~35Kb) ups male A meadow in the middle valley of the Kora River, 23 km NE of the Tekeli City (1700 m above sea level), the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), the Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 13th June 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Bibasis sena 1019x734 (~77Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, the Krating rivulet valley among the tropical forest above the waterfalls. 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Bibasis sena 707x621 (~107Kb) uns Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Yorn village environs, 4th June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin