LYCAENIDAE (AND RIODINIDAE).

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All the photos are taken in pure natural conditions and depict fully free butterflies and moths. I add some main synonims, unfortunately, in many cases the nomenclature, especially generic, is still unstable and I am not able to adduce all the circulating synonyms.


(Click an image to enlarge and see a detailed legend, often a story why this butterfly or its very shot is interesting)


                   LYCAENIDAE
Thecla betulae                  Omsk, Altai Mts.           

Neozephyrus quercus             Crimea                  
   (=Quercusia quercus)

Fixsenia herzi                  Transbaikalia           


Fixsenia pruni                  Novosib., Transbaikalia 
     

Nordmania prunoides             Transbaikalia 

	                        Altai Mts., Novosibirsk Province                  
         

         

Nordmannia w-album              Transbaikalia           

                                Omsk
   

      

Nordmannia latior               Transbaikalia           


Neolycaena davidi               Transbaikalia           


Neolycaena irkuta               Tuva                    

Callophrys rubi                 Novosibirsk Region      

Callophrys suaveola             N Tien-Shan             


Callophrys titanus              Tadjikistan              


Ahlbergia frivaldszkyi          Novosibirsk Province

                                Altai


Lycaena phlaeas                 Transbaikalia           
- " -                           Omsk and Novosibirsk R.     


                                W. Caucasus


Lycaena helle                   Novosibirsk Province

                                W. Caucasus


Thersamonia thersamon           N. Kazakhstan               

Thersamonolycaena violacea      Transbaikalia           


Thersamolycaena dispar          W Caucasus 
   
                                Omsk, Novosibirsk

                                Transbaikalia


Heodes alciphron                Novosibirsk Province      


Heodes tityrus                  Omsk Province

                                W. Caucasus


Heodes virgaureae               Novosibirsk Region 
- " -                           Omsk                        
     
                                Khabarovskiy Kray
    

   

Heodes hippothoe                Altai,Transbaikalia     


     

Niphanda fusca                  Transbaikalia           
     
                                Khabarovskiy Kray
              

     

      

Everes alcetas                  Novosibirsk Province      


Everes argiades                 Transbaikalia 
  
                                Khabarovskiy Kray
     

Everes argiades                 Altai Mts. 
 
                                Novosibirsk Province 
 

Tongeia fischeri                Transbaikalia, Novosibirsk Province

                                Tuva               

                                Altai Mts.         
     

   

Cupido minimus                  Novosibirsk Province, Altai
	                        Transbaikalia    

	                        W Caucasus    
    

   

Celastrina argiolus             Novosibirsk Region     
   

Glaucopsyche alexis             Omsk                   


Glaucopsyche lycormas           Transbaikalia          
                                Novosibirsk Province          


Scolitantides orion             Altai Mts.
                                Transbaikalia           


Maculinea arion                 Novosibirsk Province  


Maculinea (arion) cyanecula     Altai Mts. 




Maculinea nausithous            Novosibirsk and Kemerovo Provinces


Maculinea teleius               Novosibirsk, Altai Mts.   

Maculinea alcon                 Altai Mts.


Plebejus lucifera               Altai Mts.                
     


                                Tuva
     

Plebejus argus                  Novosibirsk, Khakasia   
     

      

     
				Altai
     

     

     

     

     

     
                                 Khabarvskiy Kray
     

Plebejus idas ongodai            Altai


   

   

Plebejus idas sailjugemicus          Altai 


     

Plebejus idas subsolanus             Tuva

-                                    Khakasia                  

Plebejus idas arcticus               Magadan Province
      

Plebejus argyrognomon                Altai              


Plebejus pylaon                      Altai.              
        

Vacciniina optilete             Transbaikalia           

                                Magadan Province, Kamchatka

                                Yakutia

                                Altai Mts.                   

Plebejidea cyane               Novosib. R., Altai Mts., Transbaikalia            
   (= Glabroculus cyane; = Sublysandra cyane)        
     



Polyommatus icarus              Novosibirsk Province      
                                Altai Mts.         
      
                                W. Caucasus


Polyommatus icadius             Altai Mts.              
      

Polyommatus eros                Stavropol'skii Krai Province       

Polyommatus erotides            Altai Mts.              


Polyommatus kamtschadalis       Kamchatka               
                                Magadan Region          


Plebicula amanda                Novosibisk Province, Tuva 
    
                                Altai Mts.                   
       
                                Tuva


Plebicula thersites             Novosibirk Province, Altai Mts.

Aricia agestis                  Crimea, NW Caucasus


Aricia artaxerxes               Novosibirsk Province, Transbaikalia 
   (= Aricia allous auct.)

				Altai Mts.


     
                                Kemerovo Province


Aricia chinensis                Transbaikalia           
     

Aricia nicias                   Altai Mts.                 

Eumedonia eumedon               Altai Mts., Novosibirsk Province 

                                W. Caucasus
     

     
   
Agriades glandon                Altai Mts.              
   (= Agriades aquilo auct.)    Transbaikalia           
     

Agriades pheretiades            N. Tian-Shan            
     

Albulina orbitulus              Altai Mts.              
   (= Albulina atys)            


     

     
				Transbaikalia           
     

Cyaniris semiargus              Altai, Novosibirsk Province 


     

Lysandra corydonius             W Caucasus                


   

Agrodiaetus damon               Altai

                                Tuva


Agrodiaetus damone              Altai, Khakasia            
     

     

     

Meleageria daphnis              Crimea                  


various blues                   Atai

                                Tuva
        

      




                   NEMEOBIIDAE/RIODINIDAE/ERYCINIDAE

Polycaena timur                 N. Tian-Shan            



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