Pyrgus centaureae (Rambur, 1839) - Northern Grizzled Skipper.

RANGE: Locally in the forest-tundra and northern forest zones of Eurasia, in the mountains southwards to Mongolia; North America.

ssp.: centaureae (Rambur, 1839).

wings open.

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. Oleg Kosterin.