Neptis rivularis (Scolopi, 1763) (= Nepris lucilla (Denis et Schiffermueller 1775)) - The Hungarian Glider.

Range: The non-tropical Euroasia north to the middle taiga zone.

ssp.: coenobita (Goeze, 1779); range: Ural, West Siberian Lowland, the Kuznetskoe Nagorye upland.

A copulating pair on Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn ex Decken; wings closed.

A birch grove edge 9 km E of village Troitskoe, Karasuk District, Novosibirsk Province. 19th June 1994. Photo: O. Kosterin.