Thersamolycaena dispar (Haworth, 1803) (= Palaeochrysophanus dispar; = Lycaena dispar) - Large Copper.
Range: the temperate Euroasia north to the middle taiga zone.
ssp.: aurata Leech, 1807; range: the Baikal region and eastwards.
A female; wings closed.
A road crossing a woody (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.) brook valley between the villages Budyumkan and Uryupino 5-7 km of the former, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1997. O. Kosterin.

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