Niphanda fusca (Bremer et Grey, 1852)

The genus Niphanda, with two species, is isolated into a separate tribe Niphandini Eliot, 1973 within Polyommatinae Swainson, 1827. As in some other Lycaenidae, in this genus the larvae do not accept plant food as such. A young larva is carnivorous on the aphids and leaks their secrets, than it hibernates in an ant nest and then is fed by ants.

Range: East Asia west to Lake Baikal.
A female
Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 15th July 2014. O. Kosterin.
самка
Россия, Хабаровский Край, южные окрестности Хабаровска, с. Бычиха, 15 июля 2014 г. О. Костерин.