Thersamolycaena dispar (Haworth, 1803) (= Palaeochrysophanus dispar; = Lycaena dispar) - Large Copper.
Range: the temperate Euroasia north to the middle taiga zone.
ssp.: festivā (Krulikowsky, 1909); range: E Europe, Kazakhstan, West Siberia.
A female; wings closed; on Inula salicina L.
The Irtysh River left bank floodland within the Omsk City, West Siberia, Russia. 27th August 1996. O. Kosterin.

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