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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Symbrenthia lilaea 727x722 (~55Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Symbrenthia lilaea 582x708 (~129Kb) ups Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Symbrenthia lilaea 842x942 (~112Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Vanessa indica 400x300 (~41Kb) ups male The hill Kuruntei 15 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon district, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 6th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vanessa indica 600x800 (~114Kb) uns male The hill Kuruntei 15 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon district, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 6th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis xanthomelas 533x400 (~51Kb) larva The Izdrevaya Rivulet valley meadow 1 km of its mouth, surroundings of Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1996 (A colony of caterpillars on a willow branch hanging just above the water), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis xanthomelas 800x600 (~115Kb) uns A road in the woody (pine/birch) Zyryanka Rivulet valley, Botanical Garden, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 11th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis xanthomelas 1000x935 (~232Kb) uns A road in the woody (pine/birch) Zyryanka Rivulet valley, Botanical Garden, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 11th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis xanthomelas 800x800 (~137Kb) ups Russia, Siberia, Tyva Republic (Tuva), Erzin Distr., the Ubsu-Nur (Uvs-Nor) Hollow, Tes-Khem right bank floodland 5 km SW of v. Erzin, 50o15' N 95o06' E, alt. 1150-1200 m, meadows, open Betula microphylla and willow forests. 13th July 2000, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis urticae 800x600 (~112Kb) ups male female The Zyryanka Rivulet valley, the surroundings of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 7th April 1995 (Playing male and female), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis urticae 400x533 (~52Kb) pupa Nettle (Urtica cannabina L.) thickets in ravines on the south-exposed slopes of the mountain Kuku-Khadan on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Siberia, Rissia (just at the Mongolian border). 24th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis urticae 636x574 (~43Kb) uns An Irtysh River left arm within the city of Omsk, West Siberia, Russia. 29th July 1998 (on Butomus umbellatus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis urticae 474x671 (~25Kb) pupa Nettle (Urtica cannabina L.) thickets in ravines on the south- exposed slopes of the mountain Kuku-Khadan on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Siberia, Rissia (just at the Mongolian border) (A just hatched pupa, still soft and not fully coloured, which is sucked by a group of bugs (not carnivorous ones!)). 24th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis urticae 1013x792 (~369Kb) larva Russia, Western Siberia, Tomsk region., Bakcharsky rn, p. Plotnikovo, big pond. July 21, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis urticae 833x1210 (~244Kb) larva A mature larva. A birch/larch forest edge on the Akkem River left bank terrace at the Kuzuyak Brook mouth, Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 6th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis caschmirensis nixa 533x400 (~60Kb) ups A large-stoned scree, at about 2500 m altitude in the headwaters of the Artuch River, Fanskie Gory - a mountain massif between the Zeravshanskii and Ghissarskii mountain ranges, Tadjikistan. 30th April 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis antiopa 797x400 (~63Kb) larva An edge of a riparian poplar wood in the valley of the Shivilig- Khem River just leaving the mountains, the southern foot of the East Tannu-Ola mounatin range, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 17th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis io 533x400 (~49Kb) ups A valley meadow at the Shadrikha Rivulet at the village Mel'nichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 24th May 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis l-album 691x1108 (~126Kb) pupa A Spiraea hypericifolia bush on a meadow on the Katun' River right bank at the very Akkem River mouth, on its W side. Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis l-album 731x956 (~148Kb) pupa A Spiraea hypericifolia bush on a meadow on the Katun' River right bank at the very Akkem River mouth, on its W side. Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis l-album 977x956 (~394Kb) ups Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis l-album 800x606 (~88Kb) uns A high right board of the Inya River valley at the Razyezd Inya railway station, Novsibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd April 2000 (sipping sap from a vounded birch), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis c-aureum 655x918 (~115Kb) ups A small pond in the forest, Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do Island, S Korea. 31st of July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis c-aureum 762x626 (~81Kb) uns A small pond in the forest, Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do Island, S Korea. 31st of July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis c-aureum 1023x991 (~348Kb) uns Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 10th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis c-album 742x478 (~47Kb) The Bol'shoy Tesh River right bank in its low reaches, 2 km upstream of its junction with the Kondoma River. 17th September 1994 (butterflies greedily suck a rotten Gastromyces fungus (?Lycoperdales gen. sp.)), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis c-album 1199x1002 (~299Kb) uns Russia, West Siberia, Tomsk Province, Bakchar District. Plotnikovo village, a bank of a large pond, 21st July 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis c-album kultukensis 1059x1376 (~404Kb) ups Russia, West Siberia, the eastern Altai Mts., the Chylyshman River valley left board, the Kottu-Yaryk Pass, 8th May 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia orithya wallacei 801x817 (~126Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a vasting land behind the Jomtien beach, 1th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia orithya wallacei 1172x885 (~128Kb) ups male Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Lan island, ruderal vegeation at a roadside. 15th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Junonia hierta 753x957 (~98Kb) uns Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 4th January 2006 , Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia hierta 713x867 (~72Kb) uns Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 4th January 2006 , Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia hierta 689x765 (~81Kb) ups Thailand, Chanthaburi, Khao-Kitchakut National Park, the park at the headquarters. 4th January 2006 , Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Junonia hierta 753x641 (~57Kb) ups Cambodia, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat. 8th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia hierta 967x834 (~78Kb) ups Cambodia, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat. 8th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia hierta 681x857 (~59Kb) uns Cambodia, Siem Reap, Angkor Wat. 8th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Junonia hierta cebrene 1112x1069 (~504Kb) female Ethiopia, Amhara, a Blue Nile right bank at the bridge of the road Addis Ababa - Bahir Dar, 1100 m a.s.l. 31st July 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia iphita 1131x990 (~313Kb) ups Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, the Thma Bang River left tributary at the bridge, 7 km SW Thma Bang village, 3rd December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia iphita horsfieldi 606x800 (~158Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, a bank of a pond at a road 1 km NE of Khao Sai Tan Kliang Mt., 18th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Junonia iphita horsfieldi 869x800 (~236Kb) uns Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia chorimene 1180x918 (~228Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, Lake Hayk bank. 7th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia chorimene 874x910 (~211Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, Lake Hayk bank. 7th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Junonia chorimene 1224x918 (~264Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, Lake Hayk bank. 7th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia chorimene 1072x920 (~291Kb) Ethiopia, Amhara, Hayk Town environs. 6th August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia chorimene 1082x1109 (~294Kb) uns Ethiopia, Amhara, a rapidous brook, Blue Nile right tributary just upstream the bridge of the road Addis Ababa - Bahir Dar, 1100 m a.s.l. 1st August 2012, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Junonia atlites 1157x927 (~111Kb) ups Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Jomtien beach, a wasting land behind Jomtien Holiday Hotel, 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia atlites 1153x1067 (~138Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia atlites 1076x875 (~111Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Junonia almana 680x878 (~52Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, a small pool at the lake at Bang Phra. 1st February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia almana 1031x880 (~89Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, a small pool at the lake at Bang Phra. 1st February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia almana 779x791 (~111Kb) ups Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a park at the headquarters, 7th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Junonia almana 612x772 (~60Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Si Racha environs, the Chan-ta-Then River valley at lower reaches, 14th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia lemonias 711x594 (~126Kb) ups Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, a chain of muddy pools behind the chain of hitels along the Jomtien Beach. 25th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Junonia lemonias 1098x906 (~123Kb) uns Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya environs, Ko Khram island, a spiny bamboo forest at a beach. 2nd February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin