Thersamolycaena dispar (Haworth, 1803) (= Palaeochrysophanus dispar; = Lycaena dispar) - Large Copper.
Range: the temperate Euroasia north to the middle taiga zone.
ssp. rutila (Werneberg, 1864); range: S Europe, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, N Tien Shan.
A female; wings open.
The Black Sea coast at the settlement Yuzhnyaya Ozereevka near Novorossiysk, Novorossiysk District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Russia. 2nd June 1990. Oleg Kosterin.

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