Pyrgus speyeri (Staudinger, 1887) (= Pyrgus alveus auct. non Huebner, 1803)
Range: the mountains of S Siberia east of the East Sayan, Amurland, Primorye, E Mongolia, NE China.
ssp: speyeri (Staudinger, 1887); range: Transbaikalia, Amurland, Primorye.
A male, wings closed, on inflorescence of Scabiosa comosa.
The Kharganai island of the Onon River, SE Transbaikalia, 21st July 1997. Photo: O. Kosterin.