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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Muschampia tessellum 458x393 (~28Kb) ups female An edge of an open larch forest om the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range at the Chikty Rivulet lower flow, 2000 m alt., the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 20th July 1998 (on Veronica porphyriana), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Muschampia tessellum 800x800 (~155Kb) ups A bushy meadow on the second right bank terrace of the Koen River at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 4th July 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Muschampia tessellum 1224x1072 (~465Kb) ups A large opening with a ruderal vegetation, called Konoplyanaya Polyana, in the lower reaches of the Oroktoi brook, a right tributary of the Akkem River, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian} Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Muschampia tessellum 711x793 (~124Kb) uns A long-fallow land on the Akkem River right bank terrace at the Oroktoi Brook mouth, Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 2007 (on Plantago), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Muschampia cribrellum 800x1200 (~216Kb) uns male An open pine forest on a high left bank of the Berd' River 1 km upstream of the village Starososedovo. Iskitim district, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 2nd July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Muschampia cribrellum obscurior 411x400 (~22Kb) uns A Dahurian meadow steppe of a prairie type on a moderate elevation of Adon-Chelon at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, SE Chita Provibce, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 20th June 1995 (on Pulsatilla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Spialia galba 732x539 (~49Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 10th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Spialia galba 794x624 (~51Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikawe beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 10th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Spialia orbifer 1296x1039 (~275Kb) ups male Two males on a fresh horse dung. A path in an open larch forest in the forest belt upper part, south-estern slope of the Tanmalyg River valley, Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina State Biosphaera Nature Reserve, the Khor-Taiga Mts. within the Khemchik Mountain Range, West Sayan, Chaa-Khol Kozhuun of Tyva Republic (Tuva), South Siberia, Russia. 4th July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Spialia orbifer 560x617 (~93Kb) uns male A male on a fresh horse dung. A path in an open larch forest in the forest belt upper part, south-estern slope of the Tanmalyg River valley, Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina State Biosphaera Nature Reserve, the Khor-Taiga Mts. within the Khemchik Mountain Range, West Sayan, Chaa-Khol Kozhuun of Tyva Republic (Tuva), South Siberia, Russia. 4th July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erynnis popoviana 800x600 (~121Kb) ups Wet ground at the pool in the pine forest called Tsasucheiskii Bor at the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, SE Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erynnis tages 800x600 (~114Kb) ups Open pine forest on a hill just NE of the Chita City, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 17th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erynnis marloyi 1000x1212 (~415Kb) Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand, Astaneh Town env., Seidan chashmah, 2289 m a.s.l., 20th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erynnis marloyi 1000x1121 (~410Kb) Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand, Astaneh Town env., Seidan chashmah, 2289 m a.s.l., 20th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus centaureae 400x533 (~62Kb) ups An alpine meadow, at 2200 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 14th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pyrgus centaureae 800x533 (~100Kb) uns An alpine meadow, at 2200 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 14th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus sibirica 777x651 (~76Kb) An alpine meadow in the valley of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus sibirica 1000x1000 (~241Kb) ups Russia, Siberia, border of Khakass and Tyva Republics, the West Sayans, Sayanskii Pass through the Sailyg-Khem-Taiga mt. range, 51°42' N 89°52' E, alt. 2300 m, mountain tundras and stony screes 7/VII 2000, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pyrgus serratulae 800x735 (~118Kb) uns male Russia, Central Siberia, South Tuva, the Shivilig-Khem River, an edge of a riparian poplar grove, 12th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus serratulae 700x549 (~59Kb) ups A meadow in the Chernyi Anui valley at the Denisova Peshchera stationaty, the western Altai Mts., Soloneshnikovo District, Altaiskii Krai Province, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 1999, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus serratulae 1073x916 (~258Kb) ups A long-fallow land on the Akkem River right bank terrace at the Oroktoi Brook mouth, Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 6th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pyrgus serratulae shukshini 533x400 (~63Kb) uns A southern steppefied slope of the mountain on the Chuya River right bank between the villages Kurai and Chagan-Uzun, Altai Mts., West SIberia, Russia. 7th July 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus alveus 463x300 (~23Kb) uns male On Achillea miliefolia No 6270 Alternating open larch forest and forb meadow on the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets , 2100 m alt., the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus alveus 499x400 (~27Kb) ups The Malyi Il'gumen' River bank at the village Khabarovka, 1800 m alt., Ongudai District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 8th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pyrgus alveus 1281x1138 (~220Kb) ups Russia, Central Siberia, Tyva Republic (Tuva), Chaa-Khol' Kozhuun, the Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina Nature Reserve, the Khemchik River lower reaches at the Idig-Khonchu cordone, the right bank, 620 m above sea level, 1st July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus alveus 603x830 (~74Kb) uns On Dianthus versicolor. Russia, Central Siberia, Tyva Republic (Tuva), Chaa-Khol' Kozhuun, the Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina Nature Reserve, the Khemchik River lower reaches at the Idig-Khonchu cordone, the right bank, 620 m above sea level, 1st July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus alveus 1176x755 (~307Kb) male Congregation of males of wet ground on the river bank. Russia, Central Siberia, Tyva Republic (Tuva), Chaa-Khol' Kozhuun, the Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina Nature Reserve, the Khemchik River lower reaches at the Idig-Khonchu cordone, the right bank, 620 m above sea level, 1st July 2004, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pyrgus alveus iliensis 533x400 (~63Kb) uns A southern steppefied slope of the mountain on the Chuya River right bank between the villages Kurai and Chagan-Uzun, Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus speyeri 533x400 (~35Kb) ups A forb meadow on a SE slope 12 km SE of the village Gazimurskii Zavod, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 24th July 1997, on Bupleurum scorzonerifolium Willd. , Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus speyeri 1000x1000 (~141Kb) uns male The Onon River bank 7 km upstream of village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, SE Transbaikalia, 30th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pyrgus speyeri 800x800 (~130Kb) uns male The Onon River bank 7 km upstream of village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, SE Transbaikalia, 30th June 1995 (on Scabiosa comosa), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pyrgus speyeri 600x600 (~77Kb) ups an open pine forest on the Onon River right bank terrace floodland, 5 km upstream of village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, 17th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Odina decoratus 749x797 (~334Kb) ups male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 0.8 km S Tatai Waterfall, 'Rhinagrion brook'. 17th April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Odina decoratus 1098x1147 (~354Kb) ups male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 0.8 km S Tatai Waterfall, 'Rhinagrion brook'. 17th April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Odina decoratus 725x604 (~188Kb) ups male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, 0.8 km S Tatai Waterfall, 'Rhinagrion brook'. 17th April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Seseria sambara 1206x1131 (~224Kb) ,Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Seseria sambara 599x321 (~51Kb) ,Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bed of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 29th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tagiades gana meetana 1125x1006 (~308Kb) ups Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep hill, the forest 'Platystylus brook' valley. 7 December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tagiades gana meetana 851x915 (~225Kb) ups Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep hill, the forest 'Platystylus brook' valley. 7 December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Tagiades japetus 641x773 (~51Kb) ups Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, Ko Khram Island, Saikaew beach, a side of a road through shrubbery at the coast, 3rd February, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tagiades japetus atticus 1242x1101 (~333Kb) Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the upper Bang Pae valley. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tagiades japetus atticus 595x683 (~135Kb) ups Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest in the upper Bang Pae valley. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Tagiades japetus ravi 1049x990 (~298Kb) ups Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep hill, the forest 'Platystylus brook' valley. 6 December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tagiades japetus ravi 1187x973 (~347Kb) ups Cambodia, Kampot Province, Bokor Plateau S slope, 23rd April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Tagiades japetus ravi 1235x1042 (~267Kb) ups Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep hill, the forest 'Platystylus brook' valley. 7 December 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Tagiades litigiosa 1278x1323 (~293Kb) ups Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Tatai commune, bamboo forest at Rainbow Lodge near Phum Doung village. 24th August 2011, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Daimio tethys 1256x1080 (~457Kb) A clearing in a broad-leafed forest on a hill within Daejeon City, S Korea, 29th July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Daimio tethys 825x785 (~153Kb) ups Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Bolshekhekhtsirskiy Natural Reserve, Chirki post, the Ussuri River right bank. 15th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Daimio tethys 1025x1040 (~248Kb) ups Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Bolshekhekhtsirskiy Natural Reserve, Chirki post, the Ussuri River right bank. 15th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Carcharodus floccifera 533x400 (~40Kb) ups An open pine forest on a high left bank of the Berd' River 1 km upstream of the village Starososedovo. Iskitim district, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 2nd July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Carcharodus floccifera 800x800 (~133Kb) ups An open pine forest on a high left bank of the Berd' River 1 km upstream of the village Starososedovo. Iskitim district, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 2nd July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Carterocephalus palaemon 810x640 (~132Kb) uns Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Carterocephalus palaemon 1072x810 (~192Kb) Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Carterocephalus palaemon 879x871 (~159Kb) Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin