HESPERIIDAE
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All the photos are taken in pure natural conditions and depict fully free
butterflies and moths. I add some main synonims, unfortunately,
in many cases the nomenclature, especially generic, is still unstable and
I am not able to adduce all the circulating synonyms.
(Click an image to enlarge and see a detailed legend, often a story why this butterfly or its very shot is interesting)
HESPERIIDAE
Erynnis tages Transbaikalia
NW Caucasus
Erynnis popoviana Transbaikalia
Carcharodus alcae Tadjikistan
Carcharodus floccifrus Novosibirsk Province
Syrichtus cribrellum Novosibirsk Province, Dahuria
(= Muschampia cribrellum)
Syrichtus tesselum Novosibirsk and Omsk Provinces
(= Muschampia tesselum)
Altai Mts.
Spialia orbifer Altai Mts., Tuva
Pyrgus sidae Caucasus
Pyrgus malvae N. Tien-Shan
Novosibirsk Province
Pyrgus centaureae Altai Mts.
Pyrgus sibiricus Altai Mts.
Pyrgus alveus Altai
Tuva
Pyrgus speyeri Transbaikalia
Pyrgus serratulae Tuva
Altai Mts.
Heteropterus morpheus Novosibirsk Province
Altai
Khabarovskiy Kray
Carterocephalus palaemon Novosibirsk Province
NW Caucasus
Carterocephalus silvicola Novosibirsk Province
Altai Mts.
Kamchatka
Carterocephalus argyrostigma Transbaikalia
(= Pamphilida argyrostigma)
Thymelicus lineola Novosibirsk Province
Thymelicus sylvaticus Khabarovskiy Kray
Ochlodes sylvanus Novosibirsk Province
Ochlodes venatum Khabarovskiy Kray
Hesperia comma Omsk
Altai Mts.
Hesperia florinda Transbaikalia
Dainio tethys Khabarovskiy Kray
For particular information on the butterflies of Ural, Siberia, and
the Russian Far East see my English translation of the book
Y. Korshunov, P. Gorbunov. [Butterflies of the Asian Part of Russia.
A Handbook]. The Ural University Press, Ekatergiburg - 1995 (in Russian)
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