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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Mycalesis anaxioides 1100x872 (~155Kb) uns Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, an opn evergreen forest on a locel mountain top in the left catchment basin of the Krating River. 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Mycalesis fuscum 696x942 (~142Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, Kathu Waterfalls, 25th February 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Mycalesis fuscum 973x749 (~238Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, a grassy swamp in the Nai Yang beach area. 16th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Orsotriaena medus cinerea 1148x1094 (~305Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, a pond bank near Ban Sakhu. 15th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Orsotriaena medus cinerea 998x1195 (~286Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, a grassy swamp in the Nai Yang beach area. 21st February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Coelites epiminthia 873x730 (~216Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Coelites epiminthia 875x828 (~323Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erites argentina delia 816x838 (~147Kb) Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erites argentina delia 1155x1121 (~296Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Coenonympha tullia elwesi 413x400 (~45Kb) uns male An alpine meadow, at 2200 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 13th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Coenonympha arcania 309x300 (~24Kb) uns An opening in an oak forest, the town Krymsk environs, Krymsk District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, S Russia. 26th May 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Coenonympha sunbecca 300x400 (~28Kb) uns A steppefied meadow in the middle flow of the Kora River, 30 km NE of the Tekeli City (1900 m above sea level), the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 15th June, 1993 (on Artemisia santolinifolia Turcz. ex Besser), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Coenonympha oedippus magna 600x800 (~97Kb) uns male female A meadow steppe on the hill Malyi Batur on the left bank of the Onon River 7 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Coenonympha amaryllis 600x800 (~94Kb) ups 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, 30th June 1996 (Two individuals catched by a Thomisidae spider), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Coenonympha amaryllis 400x398 (~41Kb) uns 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
Triphysa albovenosa glacialis 561x556 (~66Kb) uns female Alternating highland dwarf birch (Betula rotundifolia) and Kobresia myosuroides tundras on a ledge of the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia ligea eumonia 533x400 (~52Kb) uns male The left bank of the Koksu River 2 km of its junction with the Dzhazatr River, 1600 m above sea level, the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy moutain range, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 24th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia ligea eumonia 533x400 (~56Kb) ups male The left bank of the Koksu River 2 km of its junction with the Dzhazatr River, 1600 m above sea level, the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy moutain range, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 24th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia jeniseiensis fasciola 1188x748 (~228Kb) ups A subalpine larch parkland on the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia kefersteini 442x574 (~22Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of an anonimous rivulet between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 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. 16th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia kefersteini 528x361 (~21Kb) ups male Subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia kefersteini 600x429 (~62Kb) ups male Subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998 (on _Bistorta bistora), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia kefersteini 404x616 (~13Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of an anonimous rivulet between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 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. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia kefersteini 400x421 (~32Kb) uns male Subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998 (on Bistorta bistorta), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia kefersteini 514x381 (~19Kb) ups male Subalpine Siberian stone pine (Pinus sibirica Du Tour) parkland, 2000 m above sea level, Semiskii Pass, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998 (on _Bistorta bistora), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia kefersteini 684x845 (~85Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1998 (on Allium schoenoprasum, prepared themselves to overnighting), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia kindermanni 400x300 (~27Kb) ups male An alpine meadow, at 2200 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 19th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia kindermanni 314x300 (~22Kb) ups male An alpine meadow, at 2200 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 19th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia brimo elwesi 907x610 (~108Kb) ups male A dry rocky southern slope of a ridge between the headwaters of the Chikty Rivulet, 2700 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998 (on Juniperus pseudosabina), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia brimo elwesi 400x300 (~32Kb) uns male A southern steppefied slope of the mountain on the Chuya River right bank between the villages Kurai and Chagan-Uzun, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia aethiops 510x400 (~35Kb) uns female A fir/lime forest on a ridge in the Malyi Tesh and Bolshoi Tesh Rivers interfluve 8 km E of the village Kuzedeevo, the famous "lime-tree island" of the forest of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., piedmonts of the Gornaya Shoria Mts., Novokuznetsk District, Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia neriene 300x400 (~26Kb) uns male A steppefied southern left slope of the Budyumkan River valley 5 km of its confluence with the Argun' River 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia neriene 533x400 (~44Kb) ups female A mossy larch forest in the Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia rossii erda 819x763 (~138Kb) uns A large stoned ancient moraine in the source 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. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia cyclopius 498x503 (~49Kb) ups male An open pine forest on the hill just north of the Chita City, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 17th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia turanica 533x400 (~43Kb) uns A long-forb meadow within a Tien Shan spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. & Mey.) open forest at 2500 m above sea level at the junction of the Tyshkan and Tyshkanbas Rivers, 40 km NEN of Zharkent, 15 km NEN of village Sarybel', mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 25th July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia ocnus tianschanica 504x343 (~43Kb) uns An alpine meadow at 3000 m above sea level in the Tyshkan River headwaters, 42 km NEN of Zharkent, 18 km NEN of village Sarybel', mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 26th July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia theano 642x450 (~72Kb) uns female A steppefied meadow at a larch wood edge on a southern slope of small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998 (on Allium), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia theano 804x516 (~83Kb) uns male A subalpine larch parkland on the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998 (on Aster alpinus L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia callias altajana 533x400 (~70Kb) ups female A tundrous ridge of a cirque, at 2500 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. 15th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia callias altajana 700x889 (~148Kb) ups female Highland tundras of Kobresia myosuroides on of the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain at the the Chikty Rivulet headwaters, 2400 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia callias altajana 738x829 (~145Kb) uns female Highland tundras of Kobresia myosuroides on of the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain at the the Chikty Rivulet headwaters, 2400 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia callias altajana 600x453 (~59Kb) uns female Highland tundras of Kobresia myosuroides on of the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain at the the Chikty Rivulet headwaters, 2400 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia callias altajana 339x400 (~44Kb) uns female A tundrous ridge of a cirque, at 2500 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. 15th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia pandrose yernikensis 1006x758 (~205Kb) ups A boggy alpine meadow, 2400 m above sea level, in the valley of the rivulet descending from the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia pandrose yernikensis 617x392 (~66Kb) ups A boggy alpine meadow, 2400 m above sea level, in the valley of the rivulet descending from the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia pandrose yernikensis 484x400 (~52Kb) uns A dwarf birch (Betula rotundifolia Spach.)/Kobresia myosuroides (Vill.) Fiori et Paol. montane tundra at 2200 m above sea level in the Argem (Direntai) Stream basin, 15 km W of the village Dzhazatr, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, Kosh-Agach District, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 13th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia pandrose yernikensis 808x600 (~112Kb) uns An alpine meadow at the bank of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia pandrose yernikensis 781x600 (~105Kb) uns An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aphantopus hyperantus alpheois 533x400 (~58Kb) ups female 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	Hyponephele lycaon 533x400 (~69Kb) uns male female A rocky steppefied south-exposed slope on the left bank of the Koksu River 2 km of its junction with the Dzhazatr River, 1600 m above sea level, the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy moutain range, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Hyponephele lycaon 600x442 (~71Kb) uns female A patch of a meadow steppe at the village Fadino, 10 km S of the city Omsk, West Siberia, Russia. 16th August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hyponephele lycaon 800x600 (~60Kb) larva A meadow on the Shadrikha Rivulet right bank just downstream of the village Mel'nichikha (Shadrikha), Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hyponephele lycaon 631x747 (~101Kb) uns male Open larch forest on the left bank of the Dzhazator River in its upper flow, between the falls of its right tributaries Chikty and Akbul, 2000 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 18th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin