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.

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