Apatura ilia (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775) - Lesser Purple Emperor.

Range: Europe, S Ural and, after a tremendous gap, E Transbaikalia, Amurland, Primorye, NE China, Sakhalin, S Kuriles, Korea, Japan.

ssp.: ussuriensis Kurenzov, 1937; range: the eastern part of the species range.

A male; 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.