Albulina orbitulus (de Prunner, 1798) (= Albulina atys Huebner; = Albulina pheretes (Huebner, 1805); = Polyommatus orbitulus; = Polyommatus atys; = Polyommatus pheretes) - Alpine Argus.
Range: the mountains of Norway, the Alps, the mountains of Central Asia, South Siberia and the Far East.
ssp.: pheretimus (Staudinger, 1892); range: the Khentei Mts., Transbaikalia.
A male; wings closed.
An open pine forest on the hill just north of the Chita Sity, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th June 1996. O. Kosterin.