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LEPIDOPTERA
Mostly of Siberia and Central Asia

HESPERIIDAE (54 pictures) Last updated in May 2009
PAPILIONIDAE (64 pictures) Last updated in May 2009
PIERIDAE (68 pictures) Last updated in May 2009
NYMPHALIDAE Last updated in May 2009

Apaturinae+Limenitinae+Nymphalinae (54 pictures)
LYBITHEIDAE (only one picture)
SATYRIDAE Last updated in May 2009
Elymniinae + Melanargiinae (25 pictures)
Coenonymphini + Erebiini + Maniolini (Satyrinae) (109 pictures)
Oeneini + Satyrini (Satyrinae) (60 pictures)
LYCAENIDAE (+RIODINIDAE) (165 pictures) Last updated in May 2009
MOTHS (12 pictures)
EXOTIC LEPIDOPTERA (802 pictures) Last updated in October 2009
Here is my article Advices of a Possessed One in a Novosibirsk photographic journal "Photo. Siberian Succiess" about how to photograph insects, especially butterflies, which can be found (in Russian only) in the reference given.
For particular information on the butterflies of Ural, Siberia, and the Russian Far East see my English translation of the book Y. Korshunov, P. Gorbunov. [Butterflies of the Asian Part of Russia. A Handbook]. The Ural University Press, Ekatergiburg - 1995 (in Russian)
Visit a page of my lepidopterological friend and teacher, Dr. Vladimir Dubatolov, with some of his more than 200 publications available online.
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Kosterin O.E. Dnevnye cheshuekrylye (Lepidoptera, Diurna) krebta Katunskie Belki (Tsentral'nyi Altai). [Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of the Katunskie Belki mountain range (Central Altai)]. Deposited in VINITI - 1993 - 278-B93 - 46 p. Dubatolov, V.V., Antonova, E.M., Kosterin, O.E. Eversmannia exornata (Eversmann, 1837) - the only known representative of the Epiplemidae family in West Palearctic. Actias. Russian Journal of Scientific Lepidopterology - 1994 - Vol. 1 - Iss. 1-2 - P. 19-23. Kosterin O.E. Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of the Katunskii mountain ridge (Central Altai). Actias. Russian Journal of Scientific Lepidopterology - 1994 - Vol. 1 - Iss. 1-2 - P. 45-76. Kosterin O.E. Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of the Koni Peninsula (Magadan region). Actias. Russian Journal of Scientific Lepidopterology - 1994 - Vol. 1 - Iss. 1-2 - P. 77- 81. Dubatolov, V.V., Kosterin, O.E. A new subspecies of the Euchloe ausonia Hunber species group from the highlands of the Dzhungarian Alatau (East Kazakhstan). Atalanta - 1994 - Vol. 25 (3/4) - P. 513-520. Korshunov, Y.P., O.E. Kosterin. Dnevnye cheshuekrylye (Lepidoptera, Diurna), predlagaemye dlya vkkyucheniya v Krasnuyu Knigu Respubliki Altai. [Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) proposed for inclusion to the Red Book of Altai Republic]. In: Materialy k Krasnoi knige Respubliki Altai (zhivotnye). [Materials for the Red Data Book of Altai Republic (animals)], N. P. Malkov, ed. - Gorno-Altaisk State University - Gorno-Altaisk - 1995 - p. 96-97 (in Russian) Korshunov, Y.P., O.E. Kosterin, G.S. Zolotarenko, V.V. Dubatolov, R.Yu. Vodyanov, Yu. P. Malkov. Materialy po cheshuekrylym (Lepidoptera, Insecta) k Krasnoy Knige Respubliki Altai. [Materials on Lepidoptera (Insecta) for the Red Data Book of Altai Republic]. In: Materialy k Krasnoi knige respubliki Altai (zhivotnye). [Materials for the Red Book of Altai Republic (animals)], N. P. Malkov, ed. - Gorno-Altaisk State University - Gorno-Altaisk - 1995 - p. 97-115 (in Russian) Korshunov, Yu.P., Kosterin O.E. Items: Driopa clarius (Eversmann, 1843); Erebia kindermanni Staudinger, 1881. In: The Red Book of Altai Republic. Animals. Novosibirsk. 1996. pp. 44-49, 54-56. (in Russian) Dubatolov, V.V., Yu.P. Korshunov, P.Yu. Gorbunov, O.E. Kosterin, A.L. Lvovsky. A review of the Erebia ligea-complex (Lepidoptera, Satyridae) from Eastern Asia. Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan. - 1998 - Vol. 49 - P. 177-193. Dubatolov, V.V., O.E. Kosterin. Istoriya i proiskhozhdenie nemoral'noi fauny cheshuekrylykh v Sibiri [The history and oridin of the fauna of nemoral Lepidoptera in Siberia]. In: Biologicheskoe raznoobrazie zhivotnykh Sibiri [Bilogical Diversity of Animals in Siberia], materials of scientific conference devoted to 110 anniversary of the beginning of regular zoological studies in Siberia. Tomsk, 28-30th of October 1998. P. 50-52. (in Russian) Available in Russian and English Kosterin, O.E. K faune dnevnykh babochek (Lepidoptera, Diurna) goroda Omska i ego blizhaishikh okrestnostei. [To the butterfly (Lepidoptera, Diurna) fauna of the Omsk city and its closest surroundings]. In: Biologicheskoe raznoobrazie zhivotnykh Sibiri [Bilogical Diversity of Animals in Siberia], materials of scientific conference devoted to 110 anniversary of the beginning of regular zoological studies in Siberia. Tomsk, 28-30th of October 1998. P. 69-70. (in Russian) Dubatolov, V.V., O.E. Kosterin. Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) of the Dauria International Nature Reserve]. In: Nasekomye Daurii i sopredel'nykh territorii (Sbornik nauchnykh trudov). Vypusk II. [Insects of Dauria and Adjacent Terrtories. (Collected scientific works). Issue II]. - 1999 - Novosibirsk - P. 138-194. (in Russian, Engl. res.) Dubatolov, V.V., O.E. Kosterin. Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Hesperioidea, Papilionoidea) of the Argun' basin]. In: Nasekomye Daurii i sopredel'nykh territorii (Sbornik nauchnykh trudov). Vypusk II. [Insects of Dauria and Adjacent Terrtories. (Collected scientific works). Issue II]. - 1999 - Novosibirsk - P. 195-221. (in Russian) English translation available here Kosterin, O. E. 2000. Description of a new subspecies of the Boloria pales (Denis et Schiffermuller, 1775) sensu Warren (1944) (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae) from Altai. - Far East Entomologist, No. 86 - P. 1-10. Ivonin, V. V., Kosterin, O. E. 2000. A new subspecies of Polyommatus icadius Groun-Grshimailo, 1890) from the Russian Altai. - Atalanta Vol. 31 - No 1/2 - p. 171-177, colour plate XIII. Dubatolov, V.V., Kosterin, O.E. 2000. Nemoral species of Lepidoptera (Insecta) in Siberia: a novel view on their history and the timing of their disjunctions. - Entomologica Fennica - Vol. 11 - p. 141-166. Krasnaya Kniga Chitinskoi oblasti i Aginskogo Buryatskogo Avtonomnogo okruga. Zhivotnye [Red Book of Chita Province and Aginskii Buryat Autonomous Region. Animals.]. A. M. Vozmilov, ed. - 2000 - Poisk - Chita. Items: by O. E. Kosterin: Strelka v-chernoe, Cercion v-nigrum (Needham, 1930) - p. 140-141; Dedka Maaka, Anisogomphus maackii (Selys, 1872) [= Gomphus m-flavum (Selys, 1872)] - p. 141-142; Dozorshchik iyul'skii, Anax parthenope Selys, 1839, ssp. julius Brauer, 1866 - p. 142-143; Brodyazhka ryzhaya, Pantala flavescens (Fabricius, 1798) - p. 145-146. By O. E. Kosterin and E. A. Maksimenko: Babka Zal'berga - Somatochlora sahlbergi Trybom, 1889 - p. 143-144. By V. V. Dubatolov and O. E. Kosterin: Golubyanka Kiana - Plbejidea cyane (Eversmann, 1837) - p. 186. (in Russian) Krasnaya Kniga Novosibirskoi oblasti. Zhivotnye [Red data Book of Novosibirsk Province. Animals]. - 2000 - Goskomekologiya Novosibirskoi Oblasti - Novosibirsk - 316 p. Items: by O. E. Kosterin: Parusnik Shtubbendorfa, Parnassius stubbendorffii (Menetries, 1849) - p. 247-248. O. E. Kosterin, V. V. Dubatolov: Perlamutrovka neparnaya reliktovaya, Damora sagana relicta Korshunov, 1984 - p. 255-256. O. E. Kosterin, O. G. Berezina: Chernushka eniseiskaya -Erebia jeniseiensis (Trybom, 1877) - p. 257-258. O. E. Kosterin, V. V. Ivonin: Chernushka Tsiklop, Erebia cyclopia (Eversmann, 1844) - p. 259-260. V. V. Dubatolov, O. E. Kosterin: Shashechnista Shtandelya, Melitaea plotina standeli Dubatolov, 1997 - p. 251-252; Brazhnik Prozerpina, Proserpinus proserpina (Pallas, 1772) - p. 269-270; Pavlinii glaz malyi nochnoi, Eudia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) - p. 271-272; Epiplema ukrashennaya, Eversmannia exornata (Eversmann, 1837) - p. 273. V. V. Dubatolov, O. E. Kosterin, V. V. Ivonin: Apollon obyknovennyi, Parnasssius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758) - ‘. 245-246. Kosterin, O. E. 2002 New records of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) or the Tyva Republic [Tuva]. III. Hitherto not reported species and some considerations about the Erebia magdalena Strecker, 1880 and Polyomatus icarus (Rottemburg, 1775) groups. - Atalanta - Vol. 33 - No. 1/2 - p. 177-187, pl. 8-9. Kosterin, O. E., Ponomarev, K. B. 2002. New data on the fauna of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of the city of Omsk and its closest surroundings. - Euroasian Entomological Journal - Vol. 1 - Issue 1 - P. 111-114. (in Russian). Krasnaya kniga Respubliki Tyva. Zhivotnye [Red Data Book of Tyva Republic. Animals, N. I. Putuintsev, ed.]. 2002. SO RAN Press, Geo Branch, Novosibisrk, 167 p. Articles: Kosterin, O. E. Chernushka Erinnin (sayanskaya) Erebia erynnin Warren, 1932 (syn. E. sajanensis Korshunovm 1972) - p. 41; Kosterin, O. E. Priidak N. V. Barkhatnitsa Hyubnera (barkhatnitsa Narika) Hyponephele huebneri Kocak, 1980 (syn. H. narica Huebner, 1808-1813) - p. 40. (in Russian) Zinchenko, V. K., Kosterin, O. E. 2002. New records of butterflies for Tyva Republic (Tuva). III. Materials on the butterfly (Lepidoptera, Diurna) fauna of the Todzha depression. - Zhivotnyi mir Dal'nego vostoka: Sbornik nauchnykh trudov [Animal World of the Far East: a collected paper edition]. Blagoveshchensk State Pedagogical University - Blagoveshchensk. pp. 137-156. Gorbunov, P., O. Kosterin. 2003. The Butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) of North Asia (Asian part of Russia) in Nature. Vol. 1. Rodina & Fodio and Gallery Fund, Moscow, Chelyabinsk, 392 p. Knyazev, S. A., O. E. Kosterin. 2003. New records of nemoral butterlies Apatura iris (L., 1758) and Maniola jurtina (L. 1758) in West Siberia and their probable zoogeographical significance. Euroasian entomological journal 2 (3): 193-194 In Russian. Krasnaya Kniga Omskoi oblasti. Zhivotnye, rasteniya, lishainiki [Red Data Book of Omsk Province. Animals, Plants, Lichens]. 2005. Omsk State Pedagogical University Press - Omsk, 459 p. (in Russian). Articles: O. E. Kosterin, V. V. Dubatolov, K. B. Ponomarev, I. I. Bogdanov. Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758) (42-43); O. E. Kosterin, K. B. Ponomarev. Zegris eupheme (Esper, 1782) (p. 43-44); O. E. Kosterin. Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi (Kindermann in Lederer, 1853) (p. 44-45); O. E. Kosterin, I. I. Bogdanov. Apatura metis irtyshika (Korshunov, 1982) (p. 45-47); O. E. Kosterin, S. A. Kyazev. Apatura iris (Linnaeus, 1758) (p. 47-48) Kosterin, O. E. 2006. O spiske nasekomykh, rekomendovannykh Orgkomitetom dlya vvklyucheniya vo vtoroe izdanie Krasnoy Knigi Respubliki Altai [On the list of insects recommended by the Organising Commettee for inclusion into the second edition of the Red Data Book of Altai Republic]. In: Redkie zhivotnye Respubliki Altai. Materialy po podgotovke vtorogo izdaniya Krasnoy Knigi Respubliki Altai [Rare Animals of Latai Republic. Materials on preparation of the second edition of the Red Data Book of Altai Republic, N. P. Malkov, ed., Gorno-Altaiskiy Pedagogical University, Gorno-Altaisk, pp. 11-16. Ivonin, V. V., O. E. Kosterin, A. Yu. Haritonov, R. V. Yakovlev. 2006. Predvaritel'nye ocherki po nasekomm dlya Krasnoy Knigi Respubliki Altai [Preliminary sketches on insects for the Red Data Book of Altai Republic]. In: Redkie zhivotnye Respubliki Altai. Materialy po podgotovke vtorogo izdaniya Krasnoy Knigi Respubliki Altai [Rare Animals of Latai Republic. Materials on preparation of the second edition of the Red Data Book of Altai Republic, N. P. Malkov, ed., Gorno-Altaiskiy Pedagogical University, Gorno-Altaisk, pp. 21-58. Gorbunov, P., Kosterin, O., 2007. The Butterflies (Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) of North Asia (Asian part of Russia) in Nature. Vol. 2. Rodina & Fodio, Moscow. 408 pp. Kosterin, O. E. New records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea et Papilionoidea) for Tyva Republic (Tuva). IV. The early summer aspect of the fauna of the protected zone of the Khan-Deer cluster of the Ubsunurskaya Kotlovina State Biosphaeral Nature Reserve (West Sayan). Eversmannia. Entomological studies in Russia and adjacent regions 10: 50-58 (in Russian) Kosterin, O. E., S. A. Knyazev, A. A. Poteiko, K. B. Ponomarev, T. F. Kosheleva, V. Yu. Teploukhov. 2007. New records of butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) in Omskaya and Tomskaya oblast'. Eurasian Entomological Journal 6 (4): 473-482. (in Russian). Kosterin O. E. 2007. New data on butterfly fauna (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of the Katunskii mountain range (Central Altai). Altaiskii Zoologicheskikii zhurnal [Altaian Zoological Journal]. Issue 1, p. 24-34. Kosterin, O. E., M. G. Sergeev, V. V. Dubatolov. 2007. Dnevnye babochki (Lepidoptera, Diurna) Akademgorodka [Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of Akademgorodok]. In: Priroda Akademgorodka: 50 let spustya [The Nature of Akademgorodok: 50 years passed], I. F. Zhimulev (ed.), SO RAN Publishing House, Novosibirsk, pp. 105-133. (In Russian) Sergeev M. G., O. E. Kosterin. 2007. Golubyanki roda Maculinea v Novosibirskom Akademgorodke [Blues of the genus Maculinea in Novosibirsk Academy Town]. In: Priroda Akademgorodka: 50 let spustya [The Nature of Akademgorodok: 50 years passed], I. F. Zhimulev (ed.), SO RAN Publishing House, Novosibirsk, pp. 134-139. (In Russian) Kosterin O. E., V. V. Dubatolov. 2007. Lokal'naya populyatsiya redkogo okhranyaemogo vida babochek Eversmannii ukrashennoi (Eversmannia exornata Eversmann, 1837) (Epiplemidae, Lepidoptera) v Akademgorodke [The local population of a rare protected moth species Eversmannia exornata (Eversmann, 1837) (Epiplemidae, Lepidoptera) in Akademgorodok]. In: Priroda Akademgorodka: 50 let spustya [The Nature of Akademgorodok: 50 years passed], I. F. Zhimulev (ed.), SO RAN Publishing House, Novosibirsk, pp. 140-144. (In Russian) Krasnaya Kniga Respubliki Altai. Zhivotnye [Red Data Book of Altai Republic. Animals]. 2007. Docent N. P. Malkov, ed., Gorno-Altaisk. Articles: V. V. Dubatolov, O. E. Kosterin: Eversmannia exornata (Eversmann, 1837) (p. 101-102); O. E. Kosterin: Sympetrum croceolum Selys, 1883 (p. 47-50); Anax parthenope Selys, 1839 (p. 50-52); Ischnura pumilio Charpentier, 1825 (p. 52); Nechalennia speciosa Charpentier, 1840 (á. 53-56); Neolycaena davidii (Oberthur, 1881) (p. 93-96); O. E. Kosterin, V. V. Ivonin: Polyommatus icadius (Groum-Grshimailo, 1890) (p. 98-101); O, E. Kosterin, R. V. Yakovlev: Clossiana matveevi P. Gorbunov et Korshunov, 1995 (p. 74-76); Hyponephele cadusina (Staudinger, 1881) (p. 88-90); O. E. Kosterin, R. V. Yakovlev, A. V. Bondarenko: Erebia embla (Thunberg, 1891) (p. 77-79); O. E. Koserin, R. V. Yakovlev, M. A. Lebedeva: Erebia kindermanni Staudinger, 1881 (p. 81-83); O. E. Kosterin, R. V. Yakovlev, P. Y. Malkov: Neolycaena falkovitchi Zhdanko et Korshunov, 1984 (p. 92-93); O. E. Kosterin, R. V. Yakovlev, P. Y. Malkov, Y. P. Malkov, A. V. Bondarenko: Parnassius clarius (Lederer, 1853). (= P. ariadne (Eversmann, 1843) (p. 66-69); P. Y. Malkov, R. V. Yakovlev, O. E. Kosterin, Y. P. Malkov, A. V. Bondarenko: Damora sagana (Doubleday, 1847) (p. 71-73); R. V. Yakovlev, O. E. Kosterin: Parnassius tenedius Eversmann, 1851 (p. 69-71); Glaucopsyche argali (Elwes, 1899) (p. 96-97); Erebia disa (Thunberg, 1891) (p. 79-80); Erebia fletcheri Elwes, 1899 (p. 83-84); Oeneis elwesi Staudinger, 1901 (p. 84-86); Oeneis aktashi Lukhtanov, 1984 (p. 86-88); R. V. Yakovlev, O. E. Kosterin, P. Y. Malkov, Y. P. Malkov, A. V. Bondarenko, M. A. Lebedeva, S. V. Chesnokova, O. P. Vozniichuk: Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758) (p. 63-66); A. Y. Haritonov, O. E. Kosterin: Macromia amphigena fraenata Martin, 1906 (p. 56-58) (In Russian). Kosterin O. E. 2008. Records of Erebia kefersteinii (Satyridae, Lepidoptera) at moderate elevations in West Altai and Kuznetskii Alatau. Altai Zoological Journal 2: 95-97 (in Russian) Krasnaya Kinga Novosibirskoi oblasti [Red Data Book of Novosibirsk Province], 2nd edition, V. A. Yudkin, D. N. Shaulo (eds.), Arta, Novosibirsk, 2008, 528 p. (in Russian). Papers: Dubatolov, V. V., O. E. Kosterin - Mellicta plotina standeli Dubatolov, 1997 - p. 65; Proserpinus proserpina (Pallas, 1772) - p. 80; Dubatolov, V. V., O. E. Kosterin, V. V. Ivonin - Parnassius apollo (Linnaeus, 1758) - p. 61-62; Eudia pavonia (Linnaeus, 1758) - p. 81; Eversmannia exornata (Eversmann, 1873) - p. 82; Kosterin, O. E., O. G. Berezina, V. V. Ivonin - Erebia jenisseiensis (Trybom, 1877); Kosterin O. E., V. V. Dubatolov - Damora sagana relicta Korshunov, 1984; Kosterin, O. E. & V. V. Ivonin - Erebia cyclopia (Eversmann, 1844), á. 72-73; Krasnoborov, I. M., O. E. Kosterin - Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffm. (1753) - p. 428; Krasnoborov, I. M., O. E. Kosterin, O. G. Berezina - Ephedra distachya L. (1753) - p. 412; Lomonosova. M. N., A. S. Erst, O. E. Kosterin - Ranunculus polyphyllus Waldst. et Kit. ex Willd. (1800) - p. 402. Ivonin, V. V., O. E. Kosterin, S. L. Nikolaev. 2009. Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Diurna) of Novosibirsk Province. 1. Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae. Euroasian Entomological Journal 8 (1): 85-104. (in Russian) Kosterin, O. E. 2009. Data of 1990 and 2000 expeditions on butterfly (Lepidoptera, Diurna) fauna of the Ubsu-Nur intermontane hollow within Tyva Republic. In: Nature of Ubsu-Nur Hollow Reserve. Transaction of "Ubsunur Hollow" State Biospheric Reserve. Issue 1, Darma Press, Krasnoyarsk, p. 212-225. (in Russian) Tshikolovets, V., R. Yakovlev, O. Kosterin. The Butterflies of Altai, Sayans and Tuva // Series "The Butterflies of Palaearctic Asia", Vol. 7, Published by V. Tshikolovets, Kyiv-Pardubice, 2009, 374 pp., 48 colour plates.