Maculinea cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848), ? or Maculinea arion cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848)
The species versus subspecies status of the taxon cyanecula
is still an open question.
Range: southern Siberia and the Far East from the Ob' River to the Pacific/
ssp.: cyanecula (Eversmann, 1848); range: South Siberia.
A female ovipositing on Schizonepeta multifida
Russia, West Siberia, SE Altai Mts., a steppefied meadow on the Chuya
River right bank terrace at the Boki torrent, 10th July 1999. O. Kosterin.