Mellicta athalia (Rottemburg, 1775) (= Melitaea athalia) - Heath Fritillary.
Range: The temperate Euroasia north to the middle taiga subzone; the eastern border uncertain.
ssp.: athalia (Rottemburg, 1775); range: Europe south to the Alps and north to S Scandinavia, Ural, the West Siberian
Lowland.
A copulating pair; wings closed.
A forest meadow in open asp/birch wood in the surroundings of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West SIberia, Russia. 27th May 1995. O. Kosterin.