Heodes hippothoe (Linnaeus, 1761) (= Lycaena hippothoe; =

Palaeochrysophanus hippothoe) - Purple-edged Copper.

Range: the temperate Euroasia north to the Polar Ural and the middle taiga zone in Siberia.

ssp.: sajana Kozhantschikov, 1923; range: the mountains of S Siberia.

A male, wings closed.

A meadow in a depression on the Adon-Chelon elevation, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, S Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996. O. Kosterin.

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