All (in this database) Lepidoptera Photolist (with English common names): Part 4

Moths, Butterflies, Skippers, ... - Ditrysia (Insecta, Lepidoptera)

Butterflies - Papilionoidea
- Blues, Coppers, Hairstreaks - Lycaenidae
  - Poritiinae
    - Simiskina
      - Blue Brilliant, phalia potina (Hewitson, 1874)
        
        867x906(~114Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        894x924(~162Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Cerautola
      - crowleyi (Sharpe, 1890)
        
        800x1000(~94Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
        800x970(~114Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
        1544x1028(~379Kb) larva Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
        1544x1028(~189Kb) uns Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
      - miranda (Staudinger, 1889)
        
        780x1021(~83Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
        800x979(~80Kb) pupa Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
        1544x1028(~389Kb) larva Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
        1544x1028(~171Kb) uns Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, Nov 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
    - Iridana
      - incredibilis (Staudinger, [1891])
        
        1500x1223(~204Kb) uns Ghana: Aburi Botanical Gardens, November 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
  - Miletinae
    - Darkies - Allotinus
      - sp.
        
        769x513(~71Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
    - Brownies - Miletus
      - sp.
        
        1324x1220(~162Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Khram island, a bank of a pond in a spiny bamboo forest at a beach. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Feniseca
      - Harvester, tarquinius (Fabricius, 1793)
        
        432x484(~47Kb) uns USA: Huron River valley region, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1999, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
    - Taraka
      - Forest Pierrot, hamada (Druce, 1875)
        
        1024x768(~112Kb) Ranzan, Saitama, Japan, 7-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
  - Hairstreaks - Theclinae
    - sp.
      - 363x500(~25Kb) Venezuela, Merida and the Sierra Nevada National Park, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes,
    - Artopoetes
      - pryeri (Murray, 1873)
        
        1052x685(~70Kb) uns Chichibu, Saitama, Japan, 7-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
    - Shirozua
      - jonasi (Janson, 1877)
        
        870x597(~47Kb) uns Asamushi MBS, Aomori, Japan, 8-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
    - Thecla
      - Brown Hairstreak, betulae (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        400x499(~30Kb) Finland, Luopioinen, Rautajärvi 681:37, 31.8.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        550x534(~29Kb) uns Finland, Luopioinen 681:37, 31.8.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        400x597(~36Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        550x371(~52Kb) pupa Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        400x597(~34Kb) uns Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        600x800(~85Kb) Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 28.8.2003, Photo © Leif Wahlberg,
        600x450(~59Kb) ups Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 28.8.2003, Photo © Leif Wahlberg,
        347x491(~49Kb) uns Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 28.8.2003, Photo © Leif Wahlberg,
        741x556(~73Kb) ups Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 6.9.2003, Photo © Leif Wahlberg,
        677x902(~91Kb) ups Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 5.8.2004, Photo © Leif Wahlberg,
    - Favonius
      - Purple Hairstreak, quercus (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        500x398(~64Kb) uns Bois de Caurel, Brittany, France 11/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        1200x847(~95Kb) larva Finland, Lemland, ex. o. 22.5.1989 Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        598x400(~54Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        598x400(~32Kb) uns Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        450x281(~22Kb)
      - taxila (Bremer, 1861)
        
        870x597(~96Kb) uns Suzumi-Dai, Kanazawa, Japan, 7-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
    - Chrysozephyrus
      - brillantinus (Staudinger, 1887)
        
        870x597(~61Kb) (id uncertain) ups female Asamushi MBS, Aomori, Japan, 7-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
    - Tits - Hypolycaena
      - sp.
        
        1254x1008(~114Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a small grassy swamp with cattail and reed, surrounded by trees, at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Common Tit, erylus (Godart, [1824])
        
        769x513(~71Kb) uns Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
        512x341(~46Kb) uns India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        512x341(~36Kb) ups female India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        512x341(~31Kb) ups male India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Zeltus
      - amasa (Hewitson, [1865])
        
        512x341(~35Kb) uns male India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        512x341(~31Kb) ups male India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
      - Fluffy Tit, amasa maximinianus Fruhstorfer, 1912
        
        650x470(~76Kb) ups Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        961x731(~63Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1160x874(~163Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Tits - Chliaria
      - Orchid Tit, othona (Hewitson, [1865])
        
        863x844(~87Kb) ups Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        840x883(~87Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Cornelians - Deudorix
      - sp.
        
        769x514(~66Kb) Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
    - Artipe
      - Green Flash, eryx (Linnaeus, 1771)
        
        870x597(~43Kb) uns male Shurisueyoshi, Okinawa, Ryukyus, Japan, 8-93, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
    - Flashes - Rapala
      - pheretima petosiris (Hewitson, [1863])
        
        906x863(~86Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, southern environs of Pattaya, trees on a rivulet bank. 10th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Scarlet Flash, dieneces (Hewitson, 1878)
        
        909x845(~138Kb) uns male Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 4th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        897x849(~70Kb) uns female Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - manea (Hewitson, [1863])
        
        600x400(~63Kb) uns India: Assam, Guwahati, December 2004, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Loxura
      - Yamfly, atymnus (Stoll, [1780])
        
        769x513(~59Kb) uns Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
        512x341(~27Kb) India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Royals - Tajuria
      - Peacock Royal, cippus (Fabricius, 1798)
        
        989x1172(~177Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Lan island, ruderal vegeation at a roadside. 15th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1056x981(~131Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Lan island, ruderal vegeation at a roadside. 15th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - albiplaga pallescens ?Evans²
        
        734x746(~43Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        793x676(~41Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Oakblues - Arhopala
      - pseudocentaurus (Doubleday, 1847)
        
        769x513(~68Kb) uns Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
        1271x1121(~144Kb) uns Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Powdered Oakblue, bazalus (Hewitson, 1862)
        
        1000x1077(~101Kb) uns Japan: Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, 18.8.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant,
      - bazalus turbata (Butler)
        
        959x666(~105Kb) uns "Dragonfly Kingdom", Nakamura, Kochi-ken, Shikoku-chiho, Japan. 9th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - japonica (Murray, 1875)
        
        1052x685(~49Kb) uns Ranzan, Saitama, Japan, 7-96, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
    - Acacia Blues - Surendra
      - Common Acacia Blue, quercetorum (Moore, [1858])
        
        896x871(~107Kb) uns Cambodia, Siem Reap, a shallow pool at a channel at the artificial lake of Barai. 8th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        807x904(~101Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 4th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Drupadia
      - ravindra (Horsfield, [1829])
        
        769x513(~71Kb) uns Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
    - Imperials - Cheritra
      - Common Imperial, freja (Fabricius, 1793)
        
        512x341(~43Kb) uns India: Itanagar, 12.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Eumaeus
      - toxea (Godart, [1824])
        
        615x592(~45Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Evenus
      - regalis (Cramer, [1775])
        
        525x564(~40Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
        518x561(~39Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Arcas
      - cypria (Geyer, [1837])
        
        536x564(~42Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Thereus
      - cithonius (Godart, [1824])
        
        419x440(~30Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
      - lausus (Cramer, [1779])
        
        441x430(~27Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Rekoa
      - Gold-bordered Hairstreak, palegon (Cramer, [1780])
        
        430x479(~30Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Arawacus
      - togarna (Hewitson, 1867)
        
        483x532(~33Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
      - sito (Boisduval, 1836)
        
        395x414(~25Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
      - Jade-blue Hairstreak, jada (Hewitson, 1867)
        
        503x601(~33Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Satyrium
      - California Hairstreak, californica (Edwards, 1862)
        
        600x626(~47Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: Robinson Canyon Rd, (47°01'01N 120°42'41W), Kittitas Co., WA, 26.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x882(~86Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: Robinson Canyon Rd, (47°01'01N 120°42'41W), Kittitas Co., WA, 26.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Sylvan Hairstreak, sylvinus (Boisduval, 1852)
        
        700x745(~53Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: FR9705, (~ 47°18N 120°41W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x738(~63Kb) uns USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x759(~59Kb) uns USA: FR 9705 nr. Liberty and Lion Gulch, (47°17'49N 120°39'58W ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 14.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Banded Hairstreak, calanus (Hübner, [1809])
        
        1200x844(~120Kb) uns USA: Alabama, 22.5.2002, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        1000x1099(~139Kb) uns USA: Alabama, 20.6.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        1000x1072(~110Kb) uns USA: Alabama, 27.5.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
      - Hedgerow Hairstreak, saepium (Boisduval, 1852)
        
        800x763(~61Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: FR9705, (~ 47°18N 120°41W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x701(~50Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - herzi (Fixsen, 1887)
        
        369x300(~33Kb) uns male The Onon River right bank floodland 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 1st July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Black Hairstreak, pruni (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        623x899(~124Kb) ups uns male Russia: S.Tuva, Korumnug-Taiga Mts. (1200m), 8-25.6.2002, Vashchenko A. & B. leg. Photo © D. Smirnov,
        533x400(~48Kb) uns female An edge of a swampy pine forest at the right branch of the Ob' River, the Novosibirsk environs at the village Nizhnyaya Eltsovka, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 4th July 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        400x583(~35Kb) uns female The Ora Rivulet valley 2 km nort of the village Motkovo, Moshkovo District, Novosibirsk Province. 28th June 1997 (on an inflorescence of _Aegopodium podagraria_ L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Blue-spot Hairstreak, spini (Fabricius, 1787)
        
        647x875(~122Kb) ups uns Ukraine: Kherson region, 15.5-20.6.2003, Makarenko leg. Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - latior (Fixsen, 1887)
        
        800x600(~96Kb) uns male The Onon River left bank, shaded by willow thickets, 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - White-letter Hairstreak, w-album (Knoch, 1782)
        
        450x364(~43Kb) uns Sydlings Copse, Oxfordshire, UK 20/06/91, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        609x812(~87Kb) uns Sweden, Ekebo, Julita, 31.7.2004, Photo © Leif Wahlberg,
      - w-album sutchani Tutt, 1907²
        
        800x600(~70Kb) uns male A tree of _Ulmus pumila_ L. on the Onon River righht bank floodland, 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Region, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 4th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - prunoides (Staudinger, 1887)
        
        533x400(~54Kb) uns female A rocky ridge crest on the Adon-Chelon elevation, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, S Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996 (on its foodplant _Spiraea aquilegifolia_ Pallas), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Ilex Hairstreak, ilicis (Esper, 1779)
        
        520x464(~36Kb) uns France, Bretagne (Brittany), Bois De Lorge, 9 July 1997, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        450x483(~37Kb) uns France, Bretagne (Brittany), Bois De Lorge, 9 July 1997, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - False Ilex Hairstreak, esculi (Hübner, 1804)
        
        463x500(~48Kb) uns Axat, Pyrenees Orientales, France 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - esculi mauretanica Staudinger, 1892²
        
        600x435(~31Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Lekst, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
    - Harkenclenus
      - Coral Hairstreak, titus Fabricius, 1793²
        
        1000x819(~93Kb) uns USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 8.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x810(~55Kb) uns USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
    - Neolycaena
      - davidi (Oberthür, 1881)
        
        400x476(~39Kb) uns female A bushy (_Caragana microphylla_ (Pallas) Lam.) herding meadow in the Onon River right bank at the village Verkhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 30th June 1996 (egg-laying female), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Ocaria
      - ocrisia (Hewitson, 1868)
        
        373x438(~20Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Cyanophrys
      - herodotus (Fabricius, 1793)
        
        428x473(~27Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
      - Miserabilis Hairstreak, miserabilis (Clench, 1946)
        
        451x505(~30Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Callophrys
      - Green Hairstreak, rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        400x328(~13Kb) uns Finland, Tampere, Hervanta, 681:33, 12.5.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        560x526(~51Kb) uns FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti Oravakorpi, 671:53, 17.5.1998, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x723(~46Kb) uns Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 17.5.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        500x406(~45Kb) uns Hoe Lake, Devon, UK 07/05/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - rubi fervida Staudinger, 1901
        
        600x435(~37Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Ayachi, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~25Kb) uns Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
      - titanus Zhdanko, 1998
        
        533x400(~47Kb) uns Steep rocky slopes of a middle Shirkent Gorge between the kishlaks Shirkent and Pashni-Kukhna, the southern principal slope of the Ghissar mountain range, the Pamiro-Alai Mts., Tursun-Zade Province, Tadjikistan. 6th May 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - suaveola (Staudinger, 1881)
        
        400x300(~31Kb) uns male female Altarnating woods and meadows in the low valley of the Kora River just upstream of the Tekeli City, the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), the Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 13th June 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Chapman's Green Hairstreak, avis Chapman, 1909
        
        400x285(~49Kb) uns Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 04/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
    - Mitoura
      - Thicket Hairstreak, spinetorum (Hewitson, 1867)
        
        520x532(~37Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: FR9705, (47°18'28N 120°41'25W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1525x1216(~172Kb) ups female Canada: British Columbia, Genelle, 29.6.2002, Photo 2007 © Norbert Kondla leg.,
        1612x1196(~155Kb) uns female Canada: British Columbia, Genelle, 29.6.2002, Photo 2007 © Norbert Kondla leg.,
    - Incisalia
      - Eastern Pine Elfin, niphon (Hübner, [1823])
        
        900x1167(~92Kb) uns female USA: Alabama, 9.4.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        1200x883(~115Kb) uns female USA: Alabama, 9.4.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
      - niphon clarki Freeman, 1938
        
        432x483(~45Kb) uns USA: Chelsea, Michigan, April 2002, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - Western Elfin, augustinus iroides (Boisduval, 1852)
        
        764x820(~95Kb) uns Canada, British Columbia, Pend-d'Oreille valley, 22.4.2005, Photo © Norbert Kondla,
    - Ahlbergia
      - frivaldszkyi (Lederer, 1855)
        
        443x400(~36Kb) uns An edge of an asp/birch/bird cherry wood in the valley of a brook being a right tributary of the Chem River, 5 km NNE of the village Ust'-Chem, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 9th May 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Strymon
      - sp.
        
        406x500(~35Kb) Venezuela, Yacambu park near Barquisimeto, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - Gray Hairstreak, melinus (Hübner, [1813])
        
        1200x945(~150Kb) ups USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        450x440(~28Kb) uns USA, Texas, Grapevine, 15-18.6.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        800x1077(~118Kb) uns USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1400x1030(~172Kb) ups USA: Alabama, 31.8.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        1100x1056(~120Kb) uns USA: Alabama, 7.9.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        1400x1083(~133Kb) uns USA: Alabama, 27.9.2003, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        1600x1340(~132Kb) USA: Alabama, 2.9.2004, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        1400x1190(~169Kb) uns USA: Alabama, 11.9.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        950x1279(~95Kb) USA: Alabama, 11.9.2005, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
        1600x1158(~155Kb) uns USA: Alabama, 8.7.2006, Photo © Vitaly Charny,
      - Jojoa Hairstreak, yojoa (Reakirt, [1867])
        
        392x504(~25Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
      - mulucha (Hewitson, 1867)
        
        416x460(~30Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
      - Cestri Hairstreak, cestri (Reakirt, [1867])
        
        420x550(~33Kb) uns Venezuela, Parai Tepui near Mount Roraima in the Gran Sabana, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - Smaller Lantana Butterfly, bazochii (Godart, [1824])
        
        385x437(~24Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Tmolus
      - cydrara (Hewitson, 1868)
        
        400x425(~27Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Ministrymon
      - Lead Hairstreak, leda (Edwards, 1882)
        
        900x1211(~129Kb) uns USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x1255(~137Kb) uns USA: Cyclone Hill, off the rd 366, Graham Co., Arizona (~ 32°41'07N 109°46'34W), 9.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x1247(~146Kb) uns USA: Cyclone Hill, off the rd 366, Graham Co., Arizona (~ 32°41'07N 109°46'34W), 9.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
    - Ostrinotes
      - halciones (Butler & Druce, 1872)
        
        495x536(~34Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Panthiades
      - bitias (Cramer, 1777)
        
        483x547(~35Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
      - phaleros (Linnaeus, 1767)
        
        494x547(~39Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Oenomaus
      - Aquamarine Hairstreak, ortygnus (Cramer, [1779])
        
        509x526(~44Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Michaelus
      - ira (Hewitson, 1867)
        
        486x563(~38Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Celmia
      - conoveria (Schaus, 1902)
        
        424x398(~25Kb) male Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Erora
      - gabina (Godman & Salvin, [1887])
        
        403x500(~25Kb) female Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Leopard Butterflies - Cigaritis
      - zohra monticola Riley, 1925
        
        600x435(~44Kb) ups Morocco, Ifrane, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~40Kb) Morocco, Ifrane, Moyen Atlas (and _Crematogaster_ ant), Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~32Kb) uns male female Morocco, Ifrane, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
      - zohra delacrei
        
        800x580(~53Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Ayachi, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~38Kb) Morocco, Djebel Ayachi, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        800x580(~69Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Ayachi, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - allardi estherae Brevignon, 1985
        
        510x369(~21Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Lekst, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
    - Tomares
      - Provence Hairstreak, ballus (Fabricius, 1787)
        
        600x435(~27Kb) uns Morocco, Aït-Baha, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        500x433(~59Kb) uns Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        400x349(~42Kb) uns Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - mauretanicus amelnorum
        
        600x435(~58Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Siroua, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
  - Curetinae
    - Sunbeams - Curetis
      - regula Evans, 1954
        
        858x939(~119Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a pond in a wood near the coast, 11th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - acuta Moore, 1877
        
        870x597(~142Kb) female Takasaka, Saitama, Japan, 8-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
        717x587(~101Kb) ups male Japan: Lake Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, 23.08.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant,
      - acuta paracuta de Nicéville, 1902
        
        596x572(~55Kb) uns A grassy bank pond, Dragonfly Biotope Ponds, Hiraoka, Ikazaki-cho, Ehime-ken, Shikoku-Chiho, Japan. 7th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
  - Coppers - Lycaeninae
    - Lycaena
      - Small Copper, phlaeas (Linnaeus, 1761)
        
        600x435(~34Kb) ups Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~30Kb) uns Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        646x554(~56Kb) SPAIN: Teneriffa, 1-5.4.1996, Photo © Valentina Anderson,
        450x298(~21Kb)
        512x425(~32Kb) SPAIN: Teneriffa, 1-5.4.1996, Photo © Valentina Anderson,
        500x450(~58Kb) West Down, Devon, UK 12/06/92, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        450x381(~26Kb) ups France, Bretagne (Brittany), Bois De Lorge, 9 July 1997, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x439(~26Kb) ups Finland, Tampere, Rusko, 6820:339, 11.8.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        500x581(~50Kb) uns Finland, Kangasala,Savo, 6815:338, 18.8.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        512x768(~54Kb) ups Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Oetisheim, 8° 49' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 300m, 26.07.1998 (sucking on _Origanum vulgare_), Photo © Karl Hofsäß,
        512x768(~47Kb) uns Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Oetisheim, 8° 49' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 300m, 26.07.1998 (sucking on _Origanum vulgare_), Photo © Karl Hofsäß,
        800x708(~111Kb) (id uncertain) ups Ukraine, Ivano Frankovsk, near Kalush, Stankova, 24.10.2001, Photo © Erich Mangl,
        435x290(~23Kb) Netherlands, Middenduin, Overdeen, May 2003, Photo © Peter Groenendijk,
        444x518(~27Kb) A floweer clump, Chihaya-akasaka-mura, Minami-kawachi-gun, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. 3th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - phlaeas phlaeas
        
        448x396(~28Kb) UK, W. SUFFOLK, Icklingham, King's Forest, GRID TL 7945 7330, 23.5.2004, Photo © Jonathan P. Tyler,
      - phlaeas oxiana (Grum-Grshimailo, 1890)
        
        533x400(~65Kb) ups male A bank of the Shirkent River in its lower flow several km upstream of the kishlak Shirkent, the southern principal slope of the Ghissar mountain range, the Pamiro-Alai Mts., Tursun-Zade Province, Tadjikistan. 7th May 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - phlaeas americana Harris, 1862
        
        431x324(~21Kb) female Chelsea, Michigan, USA, May 2004, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - Violet Copper, helle ([Schiffermüller], 1775)
        
        650x654(~39Kb) female FINLAND: Ks: Kuusamo Liikasenvaara, 736:61, 9.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x626(~29Kb) male FINLAND: Ks: Kuusamo Liikasenvaara, 736:61, 9.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - helle phintonis (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
        
        600x835(~115Kb) ups uns Russia: S.Tuva, Korumnug-Taiga Mts. (1200m), 8-25.6.2002, Vashchenko A. & B. leg. Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - Large Copper, dispar (Haworth, 1802)
        
        597x400(~64Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        594x400(~45Kb) ups male Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        470x364(~80Kb) ups male Czech Republic, Blansko, 4.7.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý,
        470x434(~85Kb) uns Czech Republic, Blansko, 4.VII.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý,
        470x319(~89Kb) ups female Czech Republic, Blansko, 17.7.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý,
      - dispar rutila (Werneberg, 1864)
        
        533x400(~47Kb) ups female The Black Sea coast at the settlement Yuzhnyaya Ozereevka near Novorossiysk, Novorossiysk District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Russia. 2nd June 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - dispar festiva Krulikowsky, 1909
        
        457x400(~41Kb) uns female The Irtysh River left bank floodland within the Omsk City, West Siberia, Russia. 27th August 1996 (on _Inula salicina_ L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - dispar aurata Leech, 1887
        
        533x400(~36Kb) uns 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,
      - violaceus (Staudinger, 1892)
        
        533x400(~42Kb) ups male A rocky southern slope of a piedmont hill of the mountain Gydyrgun on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Purple-shot Copper, alciphron (Rottemburg, 1775)
        
        500x397(~63Kb) uns Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        533x400(~57Kb) ups male A valley meadow at the Shadrikha Rivulet at the village Mel'nichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 17th May 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        664x585(~87Kb) ups male Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        745x604(~87Kb) male Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - alciphron heracleana (Blachier, 1908)
        
        600x435(~55Kb) ups Morocco, Djebel Siroua, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
      - Lesser Fiery Copper, thersamon (Esper, 1784)
        
        500x398(~97Kb) ups Hisaronu limani, SW Turkey 18/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x444(~68Kb) uns Hisaronu limani, SW Turkey 18/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - Moroccan Copper, phoebus (Blachier, 1905)
        
        600x435(~36Kb) ups Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~33Kb) uns Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~38Kb) Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~44Kb) uns Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - Bronze Copper, hyllus (Cramer, [1775])
        
        432x338(~32Kb) USA: Huron River valley region, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1999, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - Dorcas Copper, dorcas Kirby, 1837²
        
        324x432(~30Kb) uns male Chelsea, Michigan, 3 July 2004, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - Purplish Copper, helloides (Boisduval, 1852)
        
        700x885(~45Kb) uns USA: Tolmie State Park (47°07'23N 122°46'39W), Thurston Co., WA, 12.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x597(~66Kb) uns USA: nr Crystal Mountain / FR9726 (47°13'56N 120°38'25W), Kittitas Co., WA, 11.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x785(~68Kb) USA: Teanaway, Jungle Creek, (47°20'06N 120°55'21W ±0.5km) Kittitas Co., WA, 21.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x546(~35Kb) male USA: FR 6520 /Johnson Ridge, Mt. Baker Snoqualmie Nat. Forest (47°19'58N 121°42'43W), Snohomish Co., WA, 7.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x1059(~144Kb) USA: Cabin Mountain, (1408m), (47°14'15N 121°16'27W ~ ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.2006, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x1241(~147Kb) USA: Cabin Mountain, (1408m), (47°14'15N 121°16'27W ~ ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.2006, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Nivalis Copper, nivalis Boisduval, 1869²
        
        500x503(~27Kb) USA: Wenatchee National Forest, (47°04'12N 120°56'10W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x505(~48Kb) uns USA: Wenatchee National Forest, (47°04'12N 120°56'10W), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Mariposa Copper, mariposa (Reakirt, 1866)
        
        700x951(~56Kb) USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°19N 120°42W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        660x623(~60Kb) uns USA: FR9705, Table Mtn (47°18'20N 129°41'43W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x728(~61Kb) ups male USA: Teanaway, Jungle Creek, (47°20'06N 120°55'21W ±0.5km) Kittitas Co., WA, 21.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x717(~58Kb) uns USA: Teanaway, Jungle Creek, (47°20'06N 120°55'21W ±0.5km) Kittitas Co., WA, 21.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1000x1196(~119Kb) USA: Cabin Mountain, (1408m), (47°14'15N 121°16'27W ~ ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.2006 (on _Sedum divergens_), Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Scarce Copper, virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        450x327(~42Kb) ups male Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        680x680(~60Kb) ups female FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 27.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x436(~25Kb) ups male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x688(~52Kb) uns male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1400x968(~124Kb) ups female FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 2.8.1998, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x803(~46Kb) ups male Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 12.7.1979, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        596x400(~42Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        596x400(~53Kb) ups Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch,
        500x444(~23Kb) female FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 18.8.1996, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x389(~22Kb) ups male Finland, Sotkamo, Pihlajapuro, 7/1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        299x299(~11Kb)
        745x938(~80Kb) ups male Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys, railwaystation, 16.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio,
        914x685(~73Kb) uns male Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys-Zervynos, 15.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio,
        979x734(~91Kb) male Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys-Zervynos, 15.7.2008 (on _Thymus pulegioides_), Photo © Harri Arkkio,
      - virgaureae virgaureola (Staudinger, 1892)
        
        400x300(~32Kb) uns male female A forb meadow on a SE slope 12 km SE of the village Gazimurskii Zavod, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 24th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        400x451(~32Kb) uns A meadow, with Medicago dominating, on the Tes-Khem River right bank in front of the Shivilig-Khem valley, the Ubsu-Nur intermontane hollow, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Sooty Copper, tityrus (Poda, 1761)
        
        443x400(~30Kb) uns female The floodland on the Om' River right bank in the Omsk City suburbs, West Siberia, Russia. 14th August 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        870x597(~44Kb) ups male Paetz, Berlin, Germany, 7-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
      - Purple-edged Copper, hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761)
        
        500x455(~31Kb) ups female Finland, Tampere, Rusko, 6819:335, 12.7.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        400x359(~21Kb) ups male Finland, Tampere, Rusko, 6819:335, 12.7.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        550x588(~35Kb) ups male FINLAND: Kl: Parikkala, 683:64, 1.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x564(~35Kb) uns male FINLAND: Kl: Parikkala, 683:64, 1.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x742(~40Kb) ups female Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 26.6.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        600x719(~49Kb) ups male Finland, Sipoo 670:40, 20.6.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        1200x834(~104Kb) uns Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 24.6.1981, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        1119x540(~90Kb) male Russia, Moscow area, 17.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - hippothoe eurybia (Ochsenheimer, 1808)
        
        501x395(~37Kb) uns male female An alpine meadow in the valley of the 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. 22nd July 1998 (on _Pedicularis anthemifolia_ Fisch. ex Colla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        439x400(~38Kb) uns male A meadow in a depression on the Adon-Chelon elevation, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, S Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - boldenarum White, 1862
        
        324x487(~60Kb) ups male Cobb Valley, Nelson Lakes, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        324x474(~74Kb) ups female Cobb Valley, Nelson Lakes, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        462x324(~64Kb) ups female Awarua Bay, nr Invercargill, Southland. South Island, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        483x324(~51Kb) uns female Awarua Bay, nr Invercargill, Southland. South Island, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        478x324(~63Kb) ups male Awarua Bay, nr Invercargill, Southland. South Island, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        457x324(~45Kb) uns male Awarua Bay, nr Invercargill, Southland. South Island, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        484x324(~45Kb) uns male Mt Ruapehu, North Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - boldenarum caerulea (Salmon, 1946)
        
        487x324(~66Kb) ups male Upper Hollyford Valley, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        460x324(~63Kb) uns male Upper Hollyford Valley, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - boldenarum ianthina (Salmon, 1946)
        
        458x324(~77Kb) ups male Milford Sound, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        489x324(~81Kb) ups female Milford Sound, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        482x324(~68Kb) uns female Milford Sound, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        498x324(~57Kb) uns male Milford Sound, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - rauparaha (Fereday, 1877)
        
        451x300(~90Kb) ups female New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 20 Nov 2005,Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        480x329(~22Kb) ups male New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 16 Nov 2005,Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - salustius (Fabricius, 1793)
        
        564x375(~49Kb) uns male New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 13 Nov 2005,Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        564x375(~56Kb) ups male New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 13 Nov 2005,Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        375x564(~64Kb) ups female New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 13 Nov 2005,Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        462x324(~52Kb) male Homer Tunnel, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        324x466(~25Kb) uns male Dunedin, South Island, NZ, Feb 2007, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        487x324(~36Kb) uns female Catlins, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        487x324(~41Kb) ups female Banks Penninsular, South Island, NZ, Dec 2005, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - salustius maui (Fereday, 1877)
        
        476x324(~72Kb) ups male Upland Wellington, North Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
      - feredayi (Bates, 1867)
        
        324x483(~40Kb) ups Dunedin, South Island, NZ, Feb 2007, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
        479x324(~34Kb) uns Dunedin, South Island, NZ, Feb 2007, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards,
    - Sapphires - Heliophorus
      - Golden Sapphire, brahma (Moore, [1858])
        
        512x341(~29Kb) uns India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        512x341(~42Kb) India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
      - Purple Sapphire, epicles (Godart, [1824])
        
        456x379(~40Kb) ups Mao (On the border of Nagaland and Manipur), India, 07 Nov 2003, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~61Kb) uns India: Subansiri, 2.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
      - Powdery Green Sapphire, tamu (Kollar, [1844])
        
        600x400(~85Kb) ups India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 10.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~48Kb) ups India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~39Kb) uns India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~56Kb) ups India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~46Kb) uns India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~41Kb) India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~50Kb) uns India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
  - Blues - Polyommatinae
    - Niphanda
      - fusca (Bremer & Grey, 1853)
        
        476x400(~37Kb) uns female The Onon River left bank floodland 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 1st July 1996 (feeding on _Spiraea salicifolia_ L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        400x300(~30Kb) uns male female A rocky cliff of the Onon River left bank grown up with _Ulmus macrocarpa_ Hance, _U. pumila_ L., and _Armeniaca sibirica_ (L.) Lam., 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 5th July 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Ciliate Blues - Anthene
      - sp.
        
        600x400(~73Kb) uns India: Subansiri, 31.10.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
      - Ciliate Blue, emolus (Godart, [1824])
        
        600x400(~44Kb) uns India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Caleta
      - Angled Pierrot, caleta (Hewitson, [1876])
        
        600x400(~39Kb) uns India: Melghat, 6.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Discolampa
      - Banded Blue Pierrot, ethion (Westwood, [1851])
        
        720x629(~47Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a pond in a wood near the coast, 11th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        492x548(~54Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a pond in a wood near the coast, 11th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Pierrots - Castalius
      - Common Pierrot, rosimon (Fabricius, 1775)
        
        710x833(~68Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a park at the headquarters, 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        982x740(~85Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a ruderal place and tree stand along behind the chain of hotels along the Jomtien Beach 25th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        696x740(~46Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        600x400(~39Kb) India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~63Kb) uns India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Zebra Blues - Leptotes
      - Lang's Short-tailed Blue, pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
        
        358x450(~34Kb) uns Axat, Pyrenees Orientales, France 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - Zebra Blue, plinius (Fabricius, 1793)
        
        600x400(~34Kb) uns India: Pune, 4.11.2007 © Kedar Tokekar,
      - Tropical Striped Blue, cassius (Cramer, [1775])
        
        500x412(~28Kb) Venezuela, Yacambu park near Barquisimeto, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - Marine Blue, marina (Reakirt, 1868)
        
        500x500(~30Kb) uns USA, Texas, Grapevine, 15-18.6.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
    - Cyclyrius
      - Canary Blue, webbianus (Brullé, [1840])
        
        610x447(~32Kb) SPAIN: Teneriffa, 1-5.4.1996, Photo © Valentina Anderson,
        600x520(~32Kb) SPAIN: Teneriffa, 1-5.4.1996, Photo © Valentina Anderson,
        422x380(~33Kb) ups female Tenerife, Los Gigantes, 31/3/97, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x388(~32Kb) ups male Tenerife, Los Gigantes, 31/3/97, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        470x434(~38Kb) uns Tenerife, Los Gigantes, 31/3/97, Photo © Simon Coombes,
    - Nacaduba
      - sp.
        
        990x810(~99Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1224x1202(~89Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        765x864(~53Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        844x857(~75Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        547x812(~61Kb) ups Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        885x792(~59Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Prosotas
      - sp.
        
        759x732(~68Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        512x341(~45Kb) uns India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        512x341(~45Kb) ups India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~38Kb) uns India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~64Kb) ups India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Petrelaea
      - Dingy Lineblue, dana (de Nicéville, [1884])
        
        600x400(~52Kb) uns India: Pune, 18.12.2005 © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Ceruleans - Jamides
      - sp.
        
        769x513(~70Kb) uns Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
        756x770(~76Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a river valley in an evergreen forest above the Krating Waterfalls. 30th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Dark Cerulean, bochus (Stoll, [1782])
        
        870x597(~34Kb) uns male female Oppadake, Okinawa, Ryukyus, Japan, 8-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
      - Common Cerulean, celeno (Cramer, [1775])
        
        600x400(~63Kb) uns India: Melghat, 7.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        512x341(~25Kb) uns India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Lampides
      - Long-tailed Blue, boeticus (Linnaeus, 1767)
        
        402x450(~34Kb) uns Axat, Pyrenees orientales 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        512x498(~42Kb) uns Tenerife, San Andrés, April 97, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        600x435(~34Kb) ups Morocco, Tirhboula, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~33Kb) uns Morocco, Tirhboula, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        1030x749(~87Kb) uns male female Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a ruderal place and tree stand along behind the chain of hotels along the Jomtien Beach 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Cacyreus
      - Geranium Bronze, marshalli Butler, 1897
        
        1053x717(~157Kb) Lloret de mar, P. Gerona, Catalonia,3rd June 1997 10:15 am, Photo © Andrew Torry leg.,
        600x696(~44Kb) France, Sophia Antipolis, 4.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        540x561(~34Kb) uns France, Sophia Antipolis, 5.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x435(~23Kb) uns Morocco, Taroudannt, Souss, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        940x636(~51Kb) France, Provence, Marceille, Avenue de Sakakini, rhododendron bushes. 24th June 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Blue Pierrots - Tarucus
      - Common Tiger Blue, theophrastus (Fabricius, 1793)
        
        600x435(~21Kb) ups Morocco, Tazenakhk, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~43Kb) ups Morocco, Aoulouz, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~32Kb) female Morocco, El Kelaa de Sraghna (oviposit on _Ziziphus lotus_), Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~24Kb) uns Morocco, Tazenakht, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
    - Grass Blues - Zizeeria
      - African Grass Blue, knysna (Trimen, 1862)
        
        500x418(~48Kb) uns Tenerife, Los Gigantes, 8/4/97, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        600x435(~48Kb) uns Morocco, , Photo © Jean Delacre,
        500x530(~31Kb) SPAIN: Teneriffa, 1-5.4.1996, Photo © Valentina Anderson,
    - Pseudozizeeria
      - Pale Grass Blue, maha (Kollar, [1844])
        
        1056x718(~41Kb) uns male female Ranzan, Saitama, Japan, 7-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
        1056x718(~53Kb) uns female Madanbashi, Okinawa, Ryukyu, Japan, 8-96, Laying egg on _Oxalis sp._?, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
        769x513(~80Kb) (id uncertain) uns Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
        540x507(~68Kb) ups male The Soockchon River bank, Ogchon County, Chung-Cheung Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1000x808(~95Kb) uns male The Soockchon River bank, Ogchon County, Chung-Cheung Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        736x690(~53Kb) uns male The Soockchon River bank, Ogchon County, Chung-Cheung Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        521x496(~41Kb) uns male Dragonfly Station, Gurye County, Jeonnam Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1100x914(~199Kb) (id uncertain) female Japan: Lake Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, 23.08.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant,
        650x807(~71Kb) (id uncertain) male Japan: Lake Kawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, 25.08.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant,
        650x693(~69Kb) (id uncertain) ups male Japan: Tokyo, 1.9.2007, Photo © Peter Payzant,
        600x400(~56Kb) uns India: Pune, 9.11.2007 © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~49Kb) ups India: Pune, 9.11.2007 © Kedar Tokekar,
        512x341(~40Kb) India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Grass Blues - Zizina
      - Common Grass Blue, otis (Fabricius, 1787)
        
        769x513(~72Kb) uns Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
        537x651(~62Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, between Pattaya and Bang Phra, a roadside. 1st February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        793x656(~64Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        808x637(~44Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1023x1092(~189Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        921x906(~159Kb) uns Cambodia, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat. 8th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Grass Blues - Zizula
      - Tiny Blue, cyna (Edwards, 1881)
        
        320x322(~15Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey,
    - Brephidium
      - exilis (Boisduval, 1852)
        
        750x677(~55Kb) uns USA:Stop at road 70 to Phoenix, San Carlos Apache Reservation (33°13'35N, 110°13'47W), Graham Co., Arizona, 9.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1500x1141(~174Kb) ups USA: Stop at Colorado River on rd. 128 (38°40'56"N, 109°28'42"W), Grand Co., Utah, 15.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1500x1476(~216Kb) uns USA: Stop at Colorado River on rd. 128 (38°40'56"N, 109°28'42"W), Grand Co., Utah, 15.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x1142(~97Kb) uns USA: Antelope Island, Great Salt Lake (near ~ 41°02'24"N 112°15'31"W), Davis Co., Utah, 17.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
    - Babul Blues - Azanus
      - African Babul Blue, jesous (Guérin-Méneville, 1849)
        
        600x435(~28Kb) uns Morocco, Aoulouz, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~25Kb) uns Morocco, Aoulouz, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
    - Cupido
      - Small Blue, minimus (Fuessly, 1775)
        
        500x425(~46Kb) ups Martin Down, Dorset, UK 30/05/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x347(~35Kb) uns Martin Down, Dorset, UK 30/05/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        600x568(~39Kb) ups female Estonia, Elva, 16.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        500x577(~21Kb) uns female Estonia, Elva, 16.6.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        589x597(~79Kb) uns male female A meadow at a small asp grove at a granite crest of a ridge of a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 21st June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Lorquin's Blue, lorquinii (Herrich-Schäffer, [1851])
        
        600x435(~23Kb) ups Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~34Kb) uns Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~25Kb) uns male female Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
      - Short-tailed Blue, argiades (Pallas, 1771)
        
        1061x729(~61Kb) uns Takasaka, Saitama, Japan, 10-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
        533x400(~36Kb) uns male female A meadow at the granite rocky crest of a ridge on on the Adon-Chelon elevation, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, S Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        800x1002(~100Kb) uns female Russia, Udmurtia, Izhevsk (parklike areas along shore of "Izhevsky Prud"), 5.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1000x806(~115Kb) ups female Russia, Tatarstan, Varkljed-Bodja (56°13'N 52°49'E), about 20km S of Agriz, 8.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1200x885(~138Kb) uns female Russia, Tatarstan, Varkljed-Bodja (56°13'N 52°49'E), about 20km S of Agriz, 8.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Provençal Short-tailed Blue, alcetas (Hoffmannsegg, 1804)
        
        600x428(~47Kb) uns France, Pyrenees Orientales, Axat, Summer 1996, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        533x400(~36Kb) uns male An open old aspen in the Opalikha Rivulet valley, a left tributary of the Koen River, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 13th June 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Tongeia
      - fischeri (Eversmann, 1843)
        
        800x600(~94Kb) uns male female The steppen rocky southern slope of the hill Sopka Mokhnataya of the hill chain called Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, Russia. 12th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        468x394(~46Kb) The valley of the Shivilig-Khem River just upstream its leaving the the southern foot of the East Tannu-Ola mounatin range for the Ubsu-Nur Hollow, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - fischeri caudalis (Bryk, 1946)
        
        757x671(~60Kb) uns male Dragonfly Station, Gurye County, Jeonnam Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Talicada
      - Red Pierrot, nyseus (Guérin-Méneville, 1843)
        
        600x400(~32Kb) larva India: Pune, 2.11.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~50Kb) larva India: Pune, 2.11.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~42Kb) pupa India: Pune, 2.11.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~28Kb) pupa India: Pune, 2.11.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~38Kb) uns India: Pune, 2.11.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~34Kb) ups India: Pune, 2.11.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Pithecops
      - Forest Quaker, corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919
        
        1056x718(~50Kb) Funaura, Iriomote, Ryukyu, Japan, 5-95, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt,
        1134x1158(~131Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Megisba
      - Malayan, malaya (Horsfield, [1828])
        
        512x341(~23Kb) uns India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Cupids - Euchrysops
      - Gram Blue, cnejus (Fabricius, 1798)
        
        868x1111(~114Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, between Pattaya and Bang Phra, a roadside. 1st February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        981x1232(~172Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swamp at the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1018x747(~115Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 4th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        707x739(~44Kb) uns Cambodia, Siem Reap, a wasting land at the airport. 9th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        600x400(~31Kb) uns India: Melghat, 4.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~33Kb) larva India: Melghat, 4.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~38Kb) ova India: Melghat, 6.10.2008, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Hedge Blues - Lycaenopsis
      - haraldus renonga Riley, 1932
        
        390x528(~37Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Acytolepis
      - sp.
        
        600x400(~49Kb) India: Subansiri, 4.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~104Kb) ups India: Subansiri, 2.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~101Kb) ups India: Subansiri, 2.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~79Kb) uns India: Subansiri, 2.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
      - Common Hedge Blue, puspa (Horsfield, [1828])
        
        600x400(~59Kb) uns India: Subansiri, 31.10.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~75Kb) uns India: Subansiri, 4.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Udara
      - sp.
        
        630x785(~84Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a stony bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - White Hedge Blue, akasa (Horsfield, [1828])
        
        600x400(~36Kb) uns India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~68Kb) uns India: Subansiri, 2.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Celastrina
      - sp.
        
        600x400(~80Kb) uns India: Subansiri, 5.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~65Kb) uns India: Subansiri, 2.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar,
      - Holly Blue, argiolus (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        500x605(~31Kb) uns Finland, Tampere, Hervanta, 681:33, 12.5.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        533x400(~41Kb) uns male A road at a birch grove edge near the village Mel'nichikha (Shadrikha), Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 18th May 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1000x1186(~160Kb) uns Russia, Udmurtia, river banks of Kama, near village Doksha east of Izhevsk, 20.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x417(~56Kb) Turunc, SW Turkey 19/05/92, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        800x600(~115Kb) uns Russia, Kaluga area, 19.05.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        701x851(~121Kb) male Russia: Kaluga area (35°45'E, 54°23'N), 19.5.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - Silvery Hedge Blue, argiolus ladonides (d'Orza, 1869)
        
        802x642(~54Kb) uns Deockcheom-ri, Gujwa-eup, Jeju-do Island, South Korea. 31st July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        744x570(~38Kb) uns The Shibu River (Shibukawa) shingle right bank at Hidaka village (Hidakamura), Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, 5th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        638x636(~52Kb) uns The Shibu River (Shibukawa) shingle right bank at Hidaka village (Hidakamura), Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku, Japan, 5th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Spring Azure, ladon (Cramer, [1780])
        
        600x440(~43Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: Bridge Creek Trailhead, North Cascades Highway, (48°30'30N 120°43'00W), Chelan Co., WA, 28.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x940(~96Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: Miller Canyon, Sierra Vista, Cochise Co., Arizona, 8.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
    - Pseudophilotes
      - False Baton Blue, abencerragus (Pierret, 1837)
        
        600x435(~28Kb) Morocco, Tizi-n-Tretten, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~23Kb) uns Morocco, Oukaïmeden, Haut Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~59Kb) uns Morocco, Ida-ou-Gnidif, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - bavius fatma (Oberthür, 1890)
        
        600x435(~27Kb) uns male female Morocco, Plateau de Ito, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~35Kb) Morocco, Plateau de Ito, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
    - Scolitantides
      - Chequered Blue, orion (Pallas, 1771)
        
        600x293(~23Kb) larva Finland, Heinolan mlk 679:45, ex. ovo 10.7.1983 Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        630x541(~42Kb) pupa Finland, Heinolan mlk 679:45, ex. ovo 17.07.1983 Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
      - orion johanseni (Wnukowsky, 1934)
        
        577x835(~123Kb) ups uns Russia: C. Tuva, 50km to S from Kyzul tn., 28.6-2.7.2002, Vashchenko A. & B. leg. Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - orion jezoensis (Matsumura, 1919)
        
        533x400(~41Kb) uns A bushy western slope of a mountain on the Katun' River right bank N of the village Manzherok, Maima District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 30th June 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Glaucopsyche
      - Green-underside Blue, alexis (Poda, 1761)
        
        450x327(~34Kb) uns Turunc, SW Turkey 11/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        533x400(~44Kb) uns A road in an oak forest on the coastal mountains being a lowered western extreme of the Great Caucasus, in the vicinity of the railway station Grushovaya Balka, Novorossiisk District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Russia. 29th June 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Black-eyed Blue, melanops (Boisduval, 1829)
        
        450x392(~33Kb) ups Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        450x371(~27Kb) uns Manilva, Andalucia, Spain 03/04/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - melanops algirica (Heyne, 1895)
        
        600x435(~47Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Siroua, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
      - melanops alluaudi (Oberthür, 1922)
        
        600x435(~36Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~26Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - Silvery Blue, lygdamus (Doubleday, 1841)
        
        600x556(~35Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°18N 120°34W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x504(~47Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: Near Crystal Mtn, (46°57'51N 121°28'53W), Pierce Co., WA, 27.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - lycormas lederi O. Bang-Haas, 1907
        
        800x600(~85Kb) uns female A vegetation stripe under a sandy bluff on the right bank of the Novyi Onon arm of the Onon River 1 km downstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 18th June 1995 (egg-laying), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Iolana
      - iolas debiliata (Schultz, 1905)
        
        600x435(~115Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Lekst, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~50Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Lekst, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
    - Maculinea
      - Large Blue, arion (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        500x360(~38Kb) uns Axat, Pyrenees Orientales, France 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        830x570(~78Kb) uns Finland, Ruokolahti 680:57, 05.07.1985, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
      - arion arion
        
        533x400(~48Kb) uns male female A meadow in the Opalikha Rivulet valley just upstream of its fall into the Koen River, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - ligurica Wagner, 1904
        
        800x595(~87Kb) HUNGARY, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Baskó, 8.8.1998, Photo © Tamás Baranyi,
      - Scarce Large Blue, teleius (Bergsträsser, [1779])
        
        900x338(~75Kb) HUNGARY, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Baskó, 4.7.1999 (m), 8.8.1998 (f), Photo © Tamás Baranyi,
      - Dusky Large Blue, nausithous (Bergsträsser, [1779])
        
        533x400(~38Kb) uns female A forest-steppe landscape in the vicinity of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 7th August 1988 (on the larval foodplant _Sanguisorba officinalis_ L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Hemiargus
      - Ceraunus Blue, ceraunus (Fabricius, 1793)
        
        1000x1335(~158Kb) uns USA: Gillespie Wash on rd 266, Graham Co., Arizona (~ 32°33'N 109°45'W), 9.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
    - Echinargus
      - Reakirt's Blue, isola (Reakirt, [1867])
        
        700x929(~72Kb) (id uncertain) ups female USA: LepSoc field trip to Patagonia region, Santa Cruz Co., Arizona, 2.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x399(~26Kb) Venezuela, Yacambu park near Barquisimeto, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        1000x1387(~192Kb) uns USA: Gillespie Wash on rd 266, Graham Co., Arizona (~ 32°33'N 109°45'W), 9.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x716(~74Kb) (id uncertain) ups male USA: Cyclone Hill, off the rd 366, Graham Co., Arizona (~ 32°41'07N 109°46'34W), 9.8.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
    - Aricia
      - sp.
        
        640x597(~77Kb) Vienna, Austria, 8 May 2000, Photo © Erich Mangl,
      - Brown Argus, agestis ([Schiffermüller], 1775)
        
        500x382(~33Kb) ups Martin down, Dorset, UK 18/06/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x410(~36Kb) uns Grovely wood, Somerset, UK 31/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - Southern Brown Argus, cramera (Eschscholtz, 1821)
        
        459x500(~32Kb) Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        600x434(~36Kb) ups Morocco, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - Northern Brown, artaxerxes (Fabricius, 1793)
        
        500x417(~40Kb) ups Gait Barrows, Lancashire, UK 23/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        331x450(~27Kb) uns Gait Barrows 23/07/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x564(~31Kb) ups FINLAND: Kl: Parikkala, 683:64, 1.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x542(~32Kb) uns FINLAND: Kl: Parikkala, 683:64, 1.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x859(~46Kb) uns male female Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 26.6.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
      - Mountain Argus, artaxerxes allous (Geyer, [1836])
        
        904x632(~79Kb) uns female Russia, Moscow area, 17.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        904x654(~85Kb) uns female Russia, Moscow area, 17.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        591x612(~106Kb) (id uncertain) uns Russia, Moscow area, 21.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - artaxerxes strandi (Obraztsov, 1935)
        
        400x533(~64Kb) uns A herb meadow at the northern foot of the Seminskii Pass, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 29th June 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        500x457(~43Kb) uns male A short-forb meadow in the valley of the Zyryanka Rivulet low flow, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 5th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        400x548(~35Kb) uns male A detrituous southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank 4 km upstream of the Zhumaly River mouth, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 20th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - chinensis (Murray, 1874)
        
        600x800(~65Kb) uns male A bluff of the Onon River right bank 10 km upstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, S Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 18th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        600x800(~67Kb) uns male A bluff of the Onon River right bank 10 km upstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, S Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 18th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Geranium Argus, eumedon (Esper, 1780)
        
        800x585(~107Kb) uns Russia, Moscow area, 30.07.2005, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        560x378(~22Kb) ups female FINLAND: Ks: Kuusamo, Liikasenvaara, 736:61, 10.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x678(~64Kb) uns female FINLAND: Ks: Kuusamo, Liikasenvaara, 736:61, 10.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x621(~44Kb) uns male female FINLAND: Lk: Pelkosenniemi, 743:52, 5.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x556(~25Kb) ups FINLAND: Lk: Pelkosenniemi, 743:52, 5.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        400x533(~36Kb) uns female An open poplar (_Populus nigra_ L. + _Populus alba_ L.) forest on the Berd' River left bank between villages Ust'-Chem and Legostaevo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 24th June 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        617x599(~90Kb) uns Russia: Moscow area (36°25'E, 56°00'N), 15.7.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - Acmon Blue, acmon (Westwood, [1851])
        
        500x630(~39Kb) uns USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x689(~46Kb) female USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x887(~72Kb) uns male USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x638(~76Kb) male USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x828(~67Kb) male USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1000x1422(~176Kb) (id uncertain) uns female USA: N. Shore of Shasta Lake, Siskiyou Co., CA, 29.7.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
        1000x1360(~175Kb) (id uncertain) uns male USA: N. Shore of Shasta Lake, Siskiyou Co., CA, 29.7.2005, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Common Blue, icarioides (Boisduval, 1852)
        
        800x651(~78Kb) (id uncertain) USA: Near Crystal Mtn, (46°57'51N 121°28'53W), Pierce Co., WA, 27.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x731(~67Kb) (id uncertain) uns USA: Near Crystal Mtn, (46°57'51N 121°28'53W), Pierce Co., WA, 27.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x631(~70Kb) (id uncertain) ups USA: Near Crystal Mtn, (46°57'51N 121°28'55W), Pierce Co., WA, 27.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        520x644(~46Kb) (id uncertain) uns female USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Greenish Blue, saepiolus (Boisduval, 1852)
        
        1000x639(~82Kb) uns male female USA: Near Crystal Mtn, (46°56'27N 121°28'30W), Pierce Co., WA, 27.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x619(~63Kb) female USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°18N 120°41W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x468(~34Kb) uns female USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°18N 120°41W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x449(~40Kb) male USA: FR9705, Table Mtn (47°18'20N 129°41'43W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x526(~56Kb) uns male USA: FR9705, Table Mtn (47°18'20N 129°41'43W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x570(~42Kb) ups female USA: Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x552(~38Kb) ups male USA: Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x640(~30Kb) uns USA: Near Lion Rock, Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Silvery Argus, nicias (Meigen, 1829)
        
        600x679(~40Kb) ups female Finland, Sotkamo, Pihlajapuro 711:54, 20.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        550x652(~49Kb) male Finland, Sotkamo, Lontanniemi 712:54, 22.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        500x567(~35Kb) ups male Finland, Sotkamo, Kontinjoki 711:54, 21.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        500x420(~27Kb) uns Finland, Sotkamo, Kontinjoki 711:54, 23.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        600x684(~39Kb) ups male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        780x617(~60Kb) uns male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        400x439(~26Kb)
    - Chilades
      - Plains Cupid, pandava (Horsfield, [1829])
        
        769x514(~76Kb) uns Thailand, Krabi 24.12.2003-7.1.2004, Photo © Olli Vesikko,
      - Lime Blue, lajus (Stoll, [1780])
        
        789x933(~71Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        692x818(~67Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a road through shrubbery at the coast, 11th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        1140x1072(~116Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Lan island, open shrubbery on a coastal slope. 15th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        600x400(~31Kb) uns India: Pune, 17.8.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~39Kb) pupa India: Pune, 15.8.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
        600x400(~28Kb) larva India: Pune, 13.9.2008 © Kedar Tokekar,
    - Plebejus
      - sp.
        
        504x502(~51Kb) Vienna, Austria, 20 July 2000, Photo © Erich Mangl,
      - Silver-studded Blue, argus (Linnaeus, 1758)
        
        500x497(~50Kb) ups male Bolt Head, Devon, UK 17/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x404(~62Kb) uns male female Bolt Head, Devon, UK 17/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        600x580(~48Kb) uns male female FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 13.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x680(~67Kb) uns male FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 18.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        560x694(~50Kb) uns female FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti Oravakorpi, 671:53, 2.8.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x695(~67Kb) ups male Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 5.7.1979, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        1007x881(~156Kb) ups female Finland: Puumala, Luonteri, Ikosensaaret, 20.7.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio,
        1044x783(~141Kb) uns female Finland: Puumala, Luonteri, Ikosensaaret, 20.7.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio,
        868x832(~126Kb) ups male Finland: Puumala, Luonteri, Ikosensaaret, 20.7.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio,
        845x881(~128Kb) uns male Finland: Puumala, Luonteri, Ikosensaaret, 20.7.2006, Photo © Harri Arkkio,
      - argus obensis (Forster, 1936)
        
        533x400(~49Kb) uns male female A lawn, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        478x694(~36Kb) uns male female A lawn, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - argyrognomon caerulescens (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893)
        
        533x400(~65Kb) male An subalpine meadow, at 2000 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. 13th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Idas Blue, idas (Linnaeus, 1761)
        
        321x296(~11Kb) FINLAND: Li: Utsjoki, Karigasniemi, 770:45, 17.7.1995, Photo © Valentina Anderson,
      - calliopis polaris (Nordström, 1928)
        
        400x300(~61Kb) ups male female A detritous montane tundra on the SW side of a ring mountain range circling the Ksudach Caldera, Elizovo District, South Kamchatka, Russia. 21 August 1991 (playing male and female), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - anna ricei Cross, 1937
        
        600x691(~43Kb) USA: FR9705, Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x462(~25Kb) uns USA: FR9705, Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x600(~53Kb) ups USA: FR9708, Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x585(~42Kb) uns USA: FR9708, Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x576(~40Kb) ups female USA: Near Lion Rock, Table Mtn, Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x955(~87Kb) uns male USA: FR 9712 nr. Liberty, Lion Gulch, (47°15'47N 120°40'15W ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 14.8.2001, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Orange-bordered Blue, melissa (Edwards, 1873)
        
        600x457(~46Kb) (id uncertain) uns male USA: Robinson Canyon Rd, (47°01'00N 120°43'40W), Kittitas Co., WA, 26.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x588(~35Kb) female USA: Dry Falls / Sun Lakes State Park, Grant Co., WA, 9.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - cleobis ongodai Tutt, 1909
        
        300x400(~27Kb) uns male A meadow, with _Medicago_ dominating, on the Tes-Khem River right bank in front of the Shivilig-Khem valley, the Ubsu-Nur intermontane hollow, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        513x518(~52Kb) ups female A dry _Kobresia_ tundra patch among dwarf birch tundras on a ledge between the Chikty Rivulet and a next upstream right tributary of the Dzhazator River upper flow, 2400 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998 (on _Veronica porphyriana_), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        483x600(~58Kb) uns male A dry _Kobresia_ tundra patch among dwarf birch tundras on a ledge between the Chikty Rivulet and a next upstream right tributary of the Dzhazator River upper flow, 2400 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - cleobis verchojanicus Kurenzov, 1970
        
        400x300(~37Kb) ups male A flowery slope of the coastal terrace at the Burgauli River mouth on the southern coast of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 17th July, 1989 (on a flower of _Geranium erianthum_ DC.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        400x533(~44Kb) uns male A flowery slope of the coastal terrace at the Burgauli River mouth on the southern coast of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 17th July, 1989 (on its probable foodlpant _Oxytropis czukotica_ Jurtz.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - allardi (Oberthür, 1874)
        
        600x435(~34Kb) ups female Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~44Kb) uns Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - martini ungemachi (Rothschild, 1926)
        
        600x435(~39Kb) ups male Morocco,Tizi-n-Talrhemt, Haut Atlas , Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~57Kb) ups female Morocco, Tirhboula, Moyen Atlas (ovipositing on _Astragalus nemorosus_), Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~57Kb) uns female Morocco, Tirhboula, Moyen Atlas (ovipositing on _Astragalus nemorosus_), Photo © Jean Delacre,
        599x435(~38Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Ayachi, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - martini mgouna Tarrier, 2002
        
        600x435(~43Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Azourki, Haut Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - Vogel's Blue, vogelii (Oberthür, 1920)
        
        600x435(~36Kb) ups Morocco, Aït-Kermouss, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
    - Agriades
      - diodorus (Bremer, 1861)
        
        533x400(~34Kb) ups female A meadow steppe, at granite rocks crowning a ridge, where the larval foodplant Saxifraga spinulosa Adam grows, on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon at the moountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 21st June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        379x300(~21Kb) uns female A meadow steppe, at granite rocks crowning a ridge, where the larval foodplant Saxifraga spinulosa Adam grows, on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon at the moountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 21st June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - pheretiades (Eversmann, 1843)
        
        600x800(~75Kb) uns male 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,
        458x450(~50Kb) uns male 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,
    - Albulina
      - Cranberry Blue, optilete (Knoch, 1781)
        
        600x742(~56Kb) ups female FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 13.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        567x500(~43Kb) uns female FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 13.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x467(~34Kb) ups male FINLAND: Li: Utsjoki Ailigas, 775:50, 14.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela,
        540x645(~33Kb) uns FINLAND: Li: Utsjoki Ailigas, 775:50, 14.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - optilete sibirica (Staudinger, 1892)
        
        400x300(~16Kb) uns female A mossy larch (_Larix gmelinii_ (Rupr.) Rupr.) taiga at the village Akotuy, the junction of the mountain ranges Uryumkanskii and Kukul'bei, Aleksandrovskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 23rd July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Alpine Argus, orbitulus (Prunner, 1798)
        
        668x945(~156Kb) ups male SE. Jä. Åre, Storulvan, RN 132/701, 5 June 2003, Photo © Sami Haapala,
        600x848(~120Kb) ups female SE. Jä. Åre, Storulvan, RN 132/701, 5 June 2003, Photo © Sami Haapala,
        700x1001(~117Kb) uns male SE. Jä. Åre, Storulvan, RN 132/701, 5 June 2003, Photo © Sami Haapala,
      - orbitulus pheretimus (Staudinger, 1892)
        
        528x744(~75Kb) uns male An open pine forest on the hill just north of the Chita Sity, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th June 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - orbitulus sajana Rühl, 1895
        
        533x400(~46Kb) uns male A montane tundra in a cirque in the sources of the Argem (Direntai) River, 2500 m above sea level, the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy mountain range, Kosh-Agach District, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 19th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
    - Polyommatus
      - Spanish Chalk-hill Blue, albicans (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])
        
        788x536(~65Kb) uns male female Escamilla, 1000m, prov. Guadalajara, Spain, August-1988 (on _Lavandula_), Photo © Enrique Garcia-Barros,
      - albicans dujardini (Barragué, 1987)
        
        600x435(~19Kb) male Morocco, Djebel Tisuka, Rif, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~35Kb) uns male female Morocco, Djebel Tisuka, Rif, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
      - Adonis Blue, bellargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
        
        500x355(~62Kb) ups Fontmell Down, Dorset, UK 22/08/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        512x768(~47Kb) ups male Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Ensingen, 8° 57' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 350m, 06.09.1996 (sucking on _Origanum vulgare_), Photo © Karl Hofsäß,
      - Chalk-hill Blue, coridon (Poda, 1761)
        
        500x400(~79Kb) uns male female Martin down, Dorset, UK 04/08/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x369(~52Kb) ups Fontmell down, Dorset, UK 06/08/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        533x400(~48Kb) uns male female The foot of the coastal (the Nlack Sea) lime-stone hills at the settlement Kabardinka, Gelendzhik District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Russia. 10th June 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        512x768(~44Kb) uns male Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Ötisheim, 8° 49' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 300m, 26.07.1997, Photo © Karl Hofsäß,
        512x768(~97Kb) ups Germany, Baden-Württemberg, Ensingen, 8° 57' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 350m, 06.09.1996, Photo © Karl Hofsäß,
      - Provence Chalk-hill Blue, hispana (Herrich-Schäffer, [1852])
        
        700x586(~44Kb) (id uncertain) male France, Sophia Antipolis, 2.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x643(~47Kb) (id uncertain) ups male France, Sophia Antipolis, 2.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        620x705(~62Kb) (id uncertain) female France, Sophia Antipolis, 4.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x563(~58Kb) (id uncertain) uns female France, Sophia Antipolis, 5.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
      - Spotted Adonis Blue, punctifera (Oberthür, 1876)
        
        600x435(~48Kb) ups male Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        800x580(~53Kb) uns Morocco, Tizi-n-Tretten, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - cyane (Eversmann, 1837)
        
        506x400(~34Kb) uns female A saline steppe between the elevation Zolotaya Griva and Lake Teniz, 13 km SW of the village Novokrasnoe, Chistozernyi District, Novosibirsk Province (on the Kazakhstan border), Russia. 22nd June 1994 (on _Goniolimon speciosum_ (L.) Boiss.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        533x400(~39Kb) male A steppefied meadow on the Onon River right bank terrace at a pine forest edge, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 2nd July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Damon Blue, damon ([Schiffermüller], 1775)
        
        1100x1209(~126Kb) uns Hungary: Budapest, Harang-volgy, August 2006, Photo © Szabolcs Safian,
      - Meleager's Blue, daphnis ([Schiffermüller], 1775)
        
        300x400(~29Kb) uns A road through alternating meadows and woods on a flat top (loc. "yaila") of the coastal Crimean mountains above the halfway between Mukhovatka and Foros, Crimea, Ukraine. 4th July 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        802x602(~76Kb) uns Poland, Potok Zloty near Czestochowa, July 2000, Photo © Marek Michalski,
      - atlantica weissi (Dujardin, 1977)
        
        600x435(~30Kb) ups male Morocco, Djebel Tarharhat (Itzer), Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~37Kb) uns male Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~25Kb) ups female Morocco, Djebel Tarharhat (Itzer), Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
      - kamtshadalis (Sheljuzhko, 1933)
        
        533x400(~52Kb) uns male Subalpine meadows alternating with the dwarf alder (_Dushekia fruticosa_ (Rupr.) Pouzar) thickets on the western slope of the volcano Zheltovskaya Sopka, Elizovo District, S Kamchatka, Russia. 16th August 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - erotides Staudinger, 1892
        
        533x400(~38Kb) uns male The left bank of the Novyi Onon arm of the Onon River 1 km downstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 20th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Amanda's Blue, amandus (Schneider, 1792)
        
        450x537(~38Kb)
        600x497(~36Kb) ups female FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        735x500(~44Kb) ups male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x715(~53Kb) uns male FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 2.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x679(~50Kb) uns female Finland, Tampere, Hervanta, 6820:330, 13.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        616x692(~86Kb) uns female Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 5th July 1998 (on _Vicia tenuifolia_ No 5647), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        411x500(~46Kb) uns male A forb meadow with birch groves on the interfluve between the Shadrikha and Zyryanka Rivulets at the village Lozhok at Akademgorodok [Novosibirsk Academy Town], Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 29th June 1998 (on _Phleum phleoides_), Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        900x681(~59Kb) uns female Finland, Järvenpää 670:39, 8.7.1981, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        451x488(~68Kb) ups male Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        787x629(~99Kb) ups male Russia, Moscow area, 29.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        766x653(~100Kb) uns male Russia, Moscow area, 29.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        556x788(~100Kb) (id uncertain) uns male female Russia, Moscow area, 14.7.2008, Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - amandus abdelaziz (Blachier, 1908)
        
        600x435(~26Kb) ups male Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~22Kb) uns Morocco, Oukaïmeden, Haut Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~27Kb) female Morocco, Oukaïmeden, Haut Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
      - Escher's Blue, escheri (Hübner, [1823])
        
        500x377(~65Kb) female Axat, Pyrenees orientales 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x374(~50Kb) male Axat, Pyrenees orientales 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes,
      - icadius cicero Ivonin & Kosterin, 2000
        
        400x600(~46Kb) uns female A detrituous southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank 4 km upstream of the Zhumaly River mouth, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 20th July 1998., Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        546x393(~35Kb) uns female A detrituous southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank 4 km upstream of the Zhumaly River mouth, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 20th July 1998., Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        420x398(~32Kb) uns female A detrituous southern slope of the Dzhazator River right bank 4 km upstream of the Zhumaly River mouth, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 20th July 1998., Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Common Blue, icarus (Rottemburg, 1775)
        
        500x458(~63Kb) ups female Hoe lake, Devon, UK 08/08/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        397x500(~53Kb) uns female Hoe lake, Devon, UK 08/08/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x369(~87Kb) ups male Haldon woods, Devon, UK 21/05/95, Photo © Simon Coombes,
        500x625(~42Kb) uns Finland, Tampere, Hervanta, 6820:330, 13.7.1997, Photo © Tero Piirainen,
        560x686(~36Kb) ups female Finland, Sipoo, 670:39, 12.7.1979, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen,
        700x570(~63Kb) (id uncertain) ups female France, Sophia Antipolis, 2.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        700x627(~56Kb) (id uncertain) uns female France, Sophia Antipolis, 2.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x710(~49Kb) (id uncertain) ups male France, Sophia Antipolis, 2.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x626(~52Kb) (id uncertain) uns male France, Sophia Antipolis, 2.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        640x910(~69Kb) (id uncertain) uns France, Sophia Antipolis, 2.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        600x472(~44Kb) (id uncertain) female France, Sophia Antipolis, 3.10.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x563(~52Kb) (id uncertain) female France, Sophia Antipolis, 5.10.2000 (ovipositing), Photo © Markku Savela,
        800x600(~111Kb) uns male female Vienna, Austria, 5.10.2001, Photo © Erich Mangl,
        600x832(~59Kb) ups female FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 29.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        500x620(~34Kb) uns female FINLAND: Ka: Virolahti, Virojoki 671:53, 29.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x1209(~160Kb) Russia, Udmurtia, Izhevsk (parklike areas along shore of "Izhevsky Prud"), 5.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela,
        900x970(~110Kb) Russia, Tatarstan, Varkljed-Bodja (56°13'N 52°49'E), about 20km S of Agriz, 8.8.2004, Photo © Markku Savela,
        342x279(~11Kb)
        1200x900(~263Kb) Italy, Ravenna, September 2002, Photo © Maurizio Elia,
        1201x801(~251Kb) Italy, Ravenna, September 2002, Photo © Maurizio Elia,
        600x544(~82Kb) Russia, Kaluga area (35°45'E, 54°23'N), 12.6.2006, Photo © D. Smirnov,
        644x510(~86Kb) Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - icarus icarus
        
        600x435(~31Kb) uns Morocco, Aït Abdallah, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~41Kb) uns Morocco, Djebel Lekst, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
        600x435(~39Kb) uns male female Morocco, Djebel Lekst, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,
      - icarus fuchsi (Sheljuzhko, 1928)
        
        800x600(~100Kb) uns male female A meadow at the settlement Novyi Poselok at the town Berdsk, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 4th August 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
        588x568(~65Kb) uns male A meadow at the Zyryanka Riculet mouth, Akademgorodok {Novosibirsk Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 20th June 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - Mazarine Blue, semiargus (Rottemburg, 1775)
        
        600x545(~29Kb) uns male FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 13.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela,
        604x565(~78Kb) male Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov,
      - semiargus altaiana (Tutt, 1909)
        
        400x533(~50Kb) uns male female A herb meadow, the village Cherga, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 28th June 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin,
      - semiargus maroccana (D. Lucas, 1920)
        
        600x435(~27Kb) ups male Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier,
        600x435(~29Kb) uns Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre,

References:

[Harri Arkkio]: Finland; For the time being these pictures are only for this site. Other usage not allowed.
[Willi Sramek]: Austria; contact through; Per Hoffmann Olsen
[Dylan Lloyd]: Hafanedd, Deiniol Rd., Bangor, Wales, U.K., LL57 2UP; e-mail: Dylan Lloyd
[Ian Kimber]: http://www.ukmoths.force9.co.uk/
[Vitaly Charny]: Birmingham, Alabama, USA
[John Shuey]: e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[A. Timchenko]: Andrew Timchenko; Beijing, China (ex-Moscow, Russia)
[Arto Avanto]: Arto Avanto; e-mail: Arto Avanto; http://www.netti.fi/~avanto/
[Aarno Junkkari]: e-mail: Aarno Junkkari
[Simon Coombes]: 1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk
[Hannu Tanner]: Hannu Tanner, Siuntio, Finland; e-mail: Hannu Tanner; http://www.kolumbus.fi/hannu.j.tanner/coleoptera/
[²]: This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.
[Michal Koupý]: Czech Republic
[¹]: Parentheses have no taxonomic semantics here. This is an error that will be fixed at some point.
[Peter Payzant]: Canada; http://www.pbase.com/ppayzant/profile
[Frédéric Vivien]: e-mail: Frédéric Vivien
[Norbert Kondla]: Canada, BC; e-mail: Norbert Kondla
[Jean Delacre]: http://homepage.mac.com/jdelacre
[Mario C. Raviglione]: Dr Mario C. Raviglione; France / Italy; Director ; Stop TB Department (STB) ; HIV/AIDS, TB & Malaria Cluster (HTM) ; World Health Organization ; Avenue Appia, 20 ; CH-1211 Geneva 27 ; Switzerland ; e-mail: Mario C. Raviglione
[S. Shuichi Haupt]: e-mail: S. Shuichi Haupt; http://www.tu-berlin.de/fb7/ioeb/biologie/stefan.htm
[Jeroen Voogd]: The Netherlands
[Javiera Delaunoy]: Chile; via Sebastián Teillier
[Erich Mangl]: http://www.mangl.at
[Johannes Skaftason]: Iceland; e-mail: Johannes Skaftason
[Kedar Tokekar]: India
[Boris Yampolsky]: contact via Vitaly Charny
[Olli Vesikko]: http://koti.welho.com/ovesikko/
[Timo Viitanen]: http://www.kuvarkisto.com/
[Sune Hauch]: Denmark
[Sebastián Teillier]: Chile; e-mail: Sebastián Teillier
[Enrique Garcia-Barros]: Enrique García-Barros; Dept. Biol. (Zool.); Univ. Autonoma de Madrid
[Hans Degler]: e-mail: Hans Degler
[Tamás Baranyi]: Tamás Baranyi
[Peter Groenendijk]: http://www.home.zonnet.nl/groenendijk1963
[Jaroslaw Bury]: Poland; Lepidoptera of West Palearctic Region
[D. Smirnov]: Russia, Moscow; e-mail: D. Smirnov
[Christopher A. Rickards]: Ann Arbor, Mi 48105, USA.; e-mail: Christopher A. Rickards
[Jonathan P. Tyler]: Botanical Illustrator; http://www.jonathantyler.co.uk
[Toon Verbruggen]: e-mail: Toon Verbruggen; http://users.pandora.be/natuurpuntza/index.htm
[Michel Tarrier]: Michel R. Tarrier; Malaga, Spain; http://www.tarrier.org
[MERIAN]: Merian, M. S., 1705; Metamorphosis insectorum Surinamensium. Of te verandering der Surinaamsche insecten. Waar in de Surinaamsche rupsen en wormen met alle des zelfs veranderingen, na het leven afgebeeld en beschreeven worden, zynde elk geplaast op die gewassen, bloemen en vruchten, daar sy op gevonden zyn; waar in ook de generatie der kirkvorschen, wonderbaare padden, hagedissen, slangen, spinnen en mieren werden vertoond en beschreeven, alles in America na het leven en levensgroote geschildert en beschreeven; pp. 1-60, pl. 1-60; Image from Francisco Welter-Schultes
[Leif Wahlberg]: Julita, Sweden; e-mail: Leif Wahlberg
[Szabolcs Safian]: Hungary; Hungarian Lepidopterologial Society; Butterflies of Ghana
[Michael Borsch]: Geesthacht, Germany; contact through; e-mail: Francisco Welter-Schultes
[Kimmo Silvonen]: Espoo, Finland; Kimmo's Lep Site
[Andrew Torry]: e-mail: Andrew Torry
[Karl Hofsäß]: Karl Hofsaess; e-mail: Karl Hofsäß
[Tero Piirainen]: Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen
[Maurizio Elia]: Ravenna, Italy; e-mail: Maurizio Elia
[Marek Michalski]: Lodz, Poland; e-mail: Marek Michalski
[Pertti Pakkanen]: e-mail: Pertti Pakkanen; Butterfly and moth observations from Finland
[Oleg Kosterin]: Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Olavi Niemi]: Finland; Contact through; e-mail: Hannu Tanner
[Per Hoffman Olsen]: Austria; Nature Photography by Per Hoffmann Olsen

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