Heodes virgaureae (Linnaeus, 1758) (= Lycaena virgaureae) - Scarce Copper.

Range: the temperate Euroasia north to the middle taiga zone.

ssp.: virgaureola (Staudinger, 1892) (= mongolica (Kurenzov, 1970)); range: the southern Central SIberia, Mongolia, Transbaikalia.

A copulating pair; wings closed

A forb meadow on a SE slope 12 km SE of the village Gazimurskii Zavod, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 24th July 1997. O. Kosterin.