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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Clossiana 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	Clossiana 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	Clossiana 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
Clossiana 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	Clossiana freija pallida 508x444 (~37Kb) 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 alpinum L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Clossiana 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
Clossiana 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	Clossiana 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	Clossiana 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
Clossiana 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	Clossiana 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	Proclossiana 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
Issoria lathonia 672x556 (~115Kb) ups A road on a field surrounded by birch forests at the village Klyuchi, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 1st October 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Issoria lathonia 1128x684 (~103Kb) uns male female A meadow in the Koyon River valley at the village Morozovo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Kuekenthaliella eugenia montana 855x600 (~80Kb) ups male An alpine meadow/dwarf birch thickets in the valley of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1998 (on Betula rotundifolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Kuekenthaliella eugenia montana 500x539 (~41Kb) uns female An alpine meadow/dwarf birch thickets in the valley of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1998 (on Betula rotundifolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Kuekenthaliella eugenia montana 400x543 (~29Kb) uns male female An alpine meadow/dwarf birch thickets in the valley of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1998 (on Betula rotundifolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Kuekenthaliella eugenia montana 618x450 (~35Kb) uns male An alpine meadow/dwarf birch thickets in the valley of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1998 (on Betula rotundifolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Brenthis ino acrita 800x600 (~106Kb) larva A mature larva on its foodplant Filipendula ulmaria (L.) Maxim. Herbage on a bank of a Berd' River left bank mortlake just downstream of the village Legostaevo, Iskitim DIstrict, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 13th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Brenthis ino paidicus 533x400 (~50Kb) uns A long forb meadow at an edge of a riparian spruce forest on the Koksu River left bank few km upstream of its mouth, 1600 m above sea level, 12 km W of the village Dzhazatr, Kosh-Agach District, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 26th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Brenthis hecate 300x400 (~25Kb) uns Sparse stand of bushes on a dry southern slope of the coastal (the Black Sea) mountains above the settlement Kabardinka, Novorossiisk District, Gelendzhik District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Russia. 6th June 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Brenthis hecate warren 576x496 (~48Kb) uns A steppefied southern slope of small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, 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	Argynnis paphia 621x414 (~48Kb) A long forb meadow at the Adagum River right bank, the town Krymsk, Krymsk District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, S Russia. 27th June 1991 (A small congregation on a large inflorescence of Heracleum dissectum), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Argynnis paphia 533x400 (~48Kb) uns male female A pine forest edge, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Fabriciana niobe changaica 488x718 (~33Kb) ups male A meadow on the Adon-Chelon elevation, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996 (A male catched by a Thomisidae spider on an inflorescence of Veronica sibirica L), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Fabriciana niobe changaica 534x600 (~51Kb) 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 (on Aster alpinum L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Fabriciana niobe changaica 533x400 (~50Kb) ups male A meadow on the Adon-Chelon elevation, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996 (A male catched by a Thomisidae spider on an inflorescence of Veronica sibirica L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Fabriciana adippe zarevna 796x358 (~76Kb) larva The pine forest called Tsasucheiskii Bor at the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 18th June 1995 (mature larva), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Argyreus hyperbius 658x514 (~114Kb) ups An opening in a Cryptomeria forest at the top of Kongo Mt., Temporin temple complex, the border of Osaka and Nara Prefectures, Honshu, Japan, 3rd August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Argyreus hyperbius 765x634 (~117Kb) uns An opening in a Cryptomeria forest at the top of Kongo Mt., Temporin temple complex, the border of Osaka and Nara Prefectures, Honshu, Japan, 3rd August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Damora sagana relicta 300x400 (~19Kb) pupa 3th June 1995. The caterpillar was collected on a southern slope, overgrown with bushes of Spiraea and Caragana arborescens, of the valley of a brook being a left tributary of the Bol'shoi Tesh River 2 km upstream of its junction with the Malyi Tesh, within the famous "lime-tree island" of the forests of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., 10 km east of the village Kuzedeevo, the elevation of Gornaya Shoriya, Novokuznetsk District, Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Damora sagana relicta 533x400 (~57Kb) larva A southern slope, overgrown with bushes of Spiraea and Caragana arborescens, of the valley of a brook being a left tributary of the Bol'shoi Tesh River 2 km upstream of its junction with the Malyi Tesh, within the famous "lime-tree island" of the forests of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., 10 km east of the village Kuzedeevo, the elevation of Gornaya Shoriya, Novokuznetsk District, Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Damora sagana relicta 533x400 (~40Kb) uns male Tall herbage on a woody Bol'shoi Tesh River right bank 7 km NEE of the village Kuzedeevo, the piedmonts of Gornaya Shoria Mts., Novokuznetsk District., Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 27th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Damora sagana relicta 800x600 (~108Kb) uns female 6th June 1995. The caterpillar was collected on a southern slope, overgrown with bushes of Spiraea and Caragana arborescens, of the valley of a brook being a left tributary of the Bol'shoi Tesh River 2 km upstream of its junction with the Malyi Tesh, within the famous "lime-tree island" of the forests of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., 10 km east of the village Kuzedeevo, the elevation of Gornaya Shoriya, Novokuznetsk District, Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Damora sagana relicta 514x403 (~26Kb) ups male Tall herbage on a woody Bol'shoi Tesh River right bank 7 km NEE of the village Kuzedeevo, the piedmonts of Gornaya Shoria Mts., Novokuznetsk District., Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 27th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Damora sagana paulina 533x400 (~47Kb) ups female An open larch (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.)/birch (Betula pendula Roth. and B. davurica Pall.) 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
Damora sagana paulina 800x600 (~97Kb) uns female An open larch/birch stand 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, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Phalanta phalantha 749x1001 (~106Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Phalanta phalantha 1224x918 (~157Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, 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	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 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
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 972x913 (~91Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, 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
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 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 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
Cupha erymanthis lotis 852x908 (~137Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Cupha erymanthis lotis 648x572 (~82Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Limenitis populi enapius 800x600 (~103Kb) pupa A poplar (Populus nigra L.) stand on the Inya River right bank at the railway halt Razyezd Inya, Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Limenitis populi enapius 533x400 (~94Kb) ups female The Onon River left bank floodland, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 1st July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Limenitis reducta 464x400 (~36Kb) uns An edge of an oak forest, the town Krymsk environs, the Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Krymsk District, Russia. 28th May 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Limenitis sydyi latefasciata 400x300 (~38Kb) ups female A road crossing a woody (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.) brook valley between the villages Budyumkan and Uryupino 5-7 km of the former, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin