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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Hyponephele lupina intermedia 533x400 (~50Kb) uns male female A meadowy steppe on the bluff of the NE bank of Lake Solenoe, 6 km SW of the village Mironovka, Chistozerskiy District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hyponephele naubidensis 586x650 (~89Kb) uns A southern herbaceous and stony slope within the Tien Shan spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.) forest belt, at 2800 m altitude, on the right bank of the Chiliksay Stream - a right tributary of the Sargir River (the Usek River basin), 48 km N of Zharkent, 20 km N of village Sarybel', the mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, NE Kazakhstan. 31st of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melanargia galathea donsa 474x400 (~40Kb) ups A juniper/oak parkland on the coastal (Black Sea) slopes above the settlement Mukhovatka, Crimea, Ukraine. 3rd July 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Melanargia russiae 800x600 (~97Kb) uns male female A meadow steppe on the Shipunikha Rivulet right bank terrace 2 km NE of the village Evsino, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 21st June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Melanargia halimede 600x800 (~90Kb) uns female A steppefied meadow on a southern slope in the valley of a brook being a tributary of the Serebryanka River, the southern environs of the village Nerchinskii Zavod, Nerchinskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 6th August 1997 (on Adenophora tricuspidata (Fischer ex Roemer & Schultes) A. DC), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Boeberia parmenio 800x600 (~123Kb) ups female A clearing in a pine forest at the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 3rd July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Boeberia parmenio 800x600 (~116Kb) uns female A clearing in a pine forest at the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 3rd July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Brintesia circe 387x400 (~37Kb) uns An edge of a pine forest on the clope of the coastal Crimean mountains above the settlement Nikita, Crimea, Ukraine. 2nd July 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Brintesia circe 533x400 (~55Kb) uns An open pistachio-tree / oak / juniper stand (phrygana) on the western slope of the Svyataya mountain, Kara-Dag Nature Reserve, Crimean Peninsula, Ukraine. 8th July 1991 (Two feeding on Psephelus sp.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Chazara briseis 800x558 (~71Kb) uns male 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	Chazara briseis 681x525 (~72Kb) uns male 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	Chazara briseis magna 533x400 (~69Kb) uns male female A ditch in a steppe on the Dzhunke Plateau, the Northern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain, 1600 m altitude, 10 km SE of the village Kopal, Kopal District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 4th August 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Chazara heydenreichi 823x520 (~119Kb) uns The Tyshkan River valley just upstream its leaving the mountains, about 1800 m above sea level, 37 km N of Zharkent, 10 km N of village Sarybel', mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 23rd July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Chazara persephone 533x400 (~47Kb) uns female Omsk, West Siberia, Russia. July 1979, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hipparchia autonoe 668x703 (~109Kb) uns female A steppefied southern slope of small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998 (on Veronica porphyriana), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Hipparchia autonoe 595x396 (~42Kb) uns male female A steppefied southern slope of small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 12th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hipparchia autonoe sibirica 628x460 (~91Kb) uns A stony dry delta (loc. "sair") of the Shivilig-Khem River descending from the mountains the East Tannu-Ola mounatin range for the Ubsu-Nur Hollow, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hipparchia autonoe sibirica 565x423 (~42Kb) uns male 5 km W of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1997 (A male sitting on sand under a sparce canopy of open Ulmus pumila wood (this tree may grow in arid habitats) on the Onon River right bank), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Hipparchia pellucida 626x407 (~68Kb) uns female 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	Hipparchia fidia 631x905 (~95Kb) uns France, Provence, Marceille, above cliffs between Marceille and Cassis. 26th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Karanasa regeli rueckbeili 652x460 (~79Kb) uns The Sargir River valley, the Usek River basin, the massif Tyshkantau of the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau, Taldy-Kurgan Region, E Kazakhstan. 29th of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Karanasa regeli rueckbeili 590x476 (~89Kb) ups The Sargir River valley, the Usek River basin, the massif Tyshkantau of the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau, Taldy-Kurgan Region, E Kazakhstan. 29th of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Minois dryas septentrionalis 800x600 (~83Kb) ups uns male female An open pine forest at the village Verkhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, S Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 10th August 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Minois dryas bipunctatus 603x701 (~93Kb) uns The Soockchon River valley, Ogchon County, Chung-Cheung Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Minois dryas bipunctatus 797x725 (~89Kb) The Soockchon River valley, Ogchon County, Chung-Cheung Province, S Korea, 28th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis magna dubia 531x500 (~60Kb) 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 Geranium krylovii Tzvelev, 1993), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis magna dubia 616x700 (~138Kb) uns 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, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Oeneis norna 891x560 (~121Kb) uns Stony bank of the Chikty Rivulet among alpine meadow/dwarf birch thickets, 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. 13th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis norna altaica 516x392 (~40Kb) uns male 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. 11th July 1998 (on horse dung), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis norna altaica 566x551 (~59Kb) uns male 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. 9th July 1998 (on of Angelica archangelica), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Oeneis norna altaica 617x574 (~80Kb) uns male 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. 9th July 1998 (on Lagotis integrifolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis norna altaica 823x596 (~121Kb) uns male 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. 11th July 1998 (on horse dung), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis ammon 738x636 (~133Kb) uns male 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
Oeneis ammon 777x747 (~133Kb) uns female An alpine meadow in the valley of a headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis sculda 730x725 (~141Kb) uns female 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	Oeneis nanna 412x566 (~85Kb) uns 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. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Oeneis nanna 880x722 (~181Kb) uns female A meadowy SW 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. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis nanna 826x859 (~252Kb) uns 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. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis nanna 600x912 (~175Kb) uns 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. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Oeneis urda 533x400 (~40Kb) uns male An open pine forest on the hill just north of the Chita City, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 17th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Oeneis tarpeja 486x392 (~47Kb) uns A 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	Oeneis tarpeja grossi 386x400 (~50Kb) uns female A meadow steppe on a moderate elevation Adon-Chelon, at the Tsagan-Obo mountain, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 19th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pseudochazara hippolyte 742x500 (~90Kb) uns A dry delta [sair] of the Shivilig-Khem River descending from the East Tannu-Ola mountain range being a northern border of the Ubsu-Nur Hollow, Tes-Khem District, the southern Tuva Rapublic, S Siberia, Russia. 16th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Satyrus ferula liupiuschani 584x381 (~37Kb) uns 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	Satyrus ferula medvedevi 533x400 (~64Kb) uns female A dry steppe on the southern slope of the East Tannu-Ola mounatin range at the Shivilig-Khem River valley, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 23rd July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Satyrus virbius 533x400 (~62Kb) ups female A juniper/oak parkland on the Black Sea coast at the settlement Simeiz, Crimea, Ukraine. 30th June 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ypthima sp. 743x786 (~67Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a floating bog on a bank of the pond at headquarters. 30th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ypthima sp. 1137x989 (~250Kb) uns male female Thailand, Phuket, a garden in the Nai Yang beach area. 16th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Ypthima sp. 928x820 (~101Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of the pond at headquarters. 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ypthima sp. 810x827 (~203Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, a bank of a pond at a road 1 km NE of Khao Sai Tan Kliang Mt., 18th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ypthima sp. 816x612 (~79Kb) ups Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a floating bog on a bank of the pond at headquarters. 30th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Ypthima baldus 1000x699 (~120Kb) uns An edge of a shady bamboo forest at Dragonfly Biotope Ponds, Hiraoka, Ikazaki-cho, Ehime-ken, Shikoku-Chiho, Japan. 7th August 2002 Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ypthima similis 684x754 (~82Kb) ups Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a bank of a pond in a wood near the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Ypthima similis 861x909 (~89Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a vasting land with open tree stand behind the Jomtien beach, 1st February, 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin