Pyrgus alveus (Hubner, 1803) - Large Grizzled Skipper.
RANGE: The temperate Eurasia eastwards to NE Siberia,
Transbaikalia and East Mongolia, northwards to the northern
taiga zone.
ssp: alveus (Hubner, 1803); range: Europe and Siberia.
Wings open
A male, wings closed, 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. O. Kosterin.