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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Erionota torus 1010x990 (~267Kb) uns female Thailand, Phuket, a secondary forest in the valley of a rivulet flowing to the western coast between Ban Naithon and Ban Layan. 22nd February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Matapa aria 1074x821 (~113Kb) (id uncertain) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Matapa aria 1050x969 (~259Kb) (id uncertain) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Khram island, a spiny bamboo forest at a beach. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Matapa cresta 595x582 (~148Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a brook low reaches. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pirdana distanti 1178x880 (~104Kb) Thailand, Chanthaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, under the canopy of a primary evergreen tropical forest, the Krating rivulet valley above the waterfalls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pirdana distanti 998x827 (~81Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a shady evergreen forest in the left catchment basin of the Krating River. 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Iambrix salsala 1277x1047 (~151Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Koruthaialos sindu 832x874 (~148Kb) uns male Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the lower Bang Pae valley. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Koruthaialos sindu 1245x1016 (~212Kb) uns male Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the lower Bang Pae valley. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Ancistroides nigrita othonias 1288x946 (~333Kb) uns male Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the upper Bang Pae valley. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Notocrypta paralysos 1226x923 (~141Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of the pond at the headquarters, 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ampittia dioscorides 1137x1053 (~292Kb) 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. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Ampittia dioscorides 794x699 (~137Kb) 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. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ampittia dioscorides 809x602 (~135Kb) 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. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ampittia dioscorides 839x711 (~152Kb) female Thailand, Phuket, a muddy pool at a buffalo pasture at Ban Sakhu, 15th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Ampittia dioscorides 1232x1048 (~303Kb) 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	Ampittia dioscorides 898x783 (~178Kb) uns female Thailand, Phuket, a muddy pool at a buffalo pasture at Ban Sakhu, 15th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Halpe porus 1242x1012 (~205Kb) uns male female Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Halpe porus 1176x1027 (~186Kb) ups Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Halpe zola 743x877 (~210Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, Kathu Waterfalls, 25th February 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius apollo merzbacheri 732x476 (~41Kb) male A meadowy southern slope of the Tyshkan River valley, altitude of 2400 m, 38 km NEN of Zharkent, 13 km NEN of Sarybel', massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan region, SE Kazakhstan. 24th of July 1994 (in spider web), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Parnassius apollo merzbacheri 755x483 (~51Kb) ups male A meadowy southern slope of the Tyshkan River valley, altitude of 2400 m, 38 km NEN of Zharkent, 13 km NEN of Sarybel', massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan region, SE Kazakhstan. 24th of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius apollo merzbacheri 533x400 (~66Kb) ups male A meadowy southern slope of the Tyshkan River valley, altitude of 2400 m, 38 km NEN of Zharkent, 13 km NEN of Sarybel', massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan region, SE Kazakhstan. 24th of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius apollo sibiricus 533x400 (~62Kb) larva A rocky south-exposed slope of the right board of the Berd' River valley 13 km SE of the village Novososedovo (on the elevation of Salairskii Kryazh), Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 10th May 1996 (A mature instar larva), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Parnassius nomion 533x400 (~42Kb) uns male Spiraea salicifolia L. bushes on the Onon River right bank floodland just below a high steppen terrace, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 16th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius nomion 510x390 (~45Kb) ups The Koksu River left bank 2 km upstream of its junctin with the Argut River, Central Altai Mountains, West Siberia, Russia. July 1988 (sitting on Spiraea chamaedryfolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius nomion 800x600 (~117Kb) larva A meadow steppe on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 20th June 1995 (The last instar larva near its foodplant Sedum aizoon L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Parnassius nomion 800x600 (~105Kb) ups male Spiraea salicifolia L. bushes on the Onon River right bank floodland just below a high steppen terrace, 5 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 16th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius phoebus 1084x396 (~68Kb) larva A SW slope of a mountain SE of the peak Ilyas and SW of the peak Zhaniktu, which divides sources of the Chikty Rivulet, 3000 m above sea level, the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius phoebus 717x456 (~33Kb) female An alpine meadow in the valley of a headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Parnassius phoebus ochotskensis 400x533 (~50Kb) uns male A flowery slope of the coastal terrace on the Cape Alevina - the south-west ending of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 15th July, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius phoebus ochotskensis 533x400 (~73Kb) ups female A flowery slope of the coastal terrace at the Burgauli River mouth on the south (Ochot Sea) coast of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 17th July, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius actius 471x350 (~64Kb) ups female Alpine vegetation on the bank of the Kyzylagash River source, about 2800 m altitude, 17 km SE of the village Kopal, the northern slope of the Mynchukur mountain range, the Northern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Kopal District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 6th August 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Parnassius stubbendorfi typicus 533x400 (~50Kb) ups male A bushy meadow on the right bank floodland of the Koen Riverat at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th May 1997 (on Taraxacum officinale Wigg.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius stubbendorfi typicus 400x533 (~47Kb) uns male A meadow at the bird cherry (Padus avium Mill.) thickets on the Berd' River right bank at the village Legostaevo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 13th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius stubbendorfi typicus 533x400 (~41Kb) larva Collected at: willow and bird cherry thickets on the bottom of the Bugotak Bugotak River valley between the villages Karpysak and the state farm Samarskiy, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 7th May 1994 (A third instar larva, photographed in captivity), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Parnassius eversmanni 543x300 (~33Kb) ups female A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius eversmanni 636x490 (~42Kb) ups male A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius eversmanni 567x485 (~39Kb) uns female A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Parnassius eversmanni 498x400 (~38Kb) uns female A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Parnassius eversmanni 952x580 (~104Kb) ups male A flowery alpine meadow in a valley of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West SIberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Lamproptera curius 1005x797 (~177Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Lamproptera curius 525x725 (~56Kb) Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Iphiclides podalirius 368x400 (~26Kb) Kara-Dag Biological Station, Crimea, Ukraine. 10th July 1992 (on Syringa), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Graphium sarpedon luctatius 1020x860 (~196Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Graphium doson axion 974x849 (~259Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Graphium doson axion 1006x1062 (~138Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Graphium agamemnon 648x628 (~84Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Graphium antiphates pompilius 1117x808 (~207Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Graphium antiphates pompilius 945x918 (~156Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Graphium megarus 1205x1147 (~148Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 12th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Papilio machaon 475x523 (~116Kb) male female (copulation) The steppe-meadow top of the hill Sopka Lysaya of the hill chain called Bugotakskie Sopki, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. Flat and woody surroundings are seen. 12th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio machaon hippocrates 806x618 (~77Kb) A grassy bank pond, Dragonfly Biotope Ponds, Hiraoka, Ikazaki-cho, Ehime-ken, Shikoku-Chiho, Japan. 7th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio xuthus 900x530 (~67Kb) Dragonfly Station, Gurye County, Jeonnam Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin