Polygonia c-album (Linnaeus, 1758) - Comma Butterfly.
Range: N Africa, the non-tropical Euroasia north to the forest- tundra.
ssp.: kultukensis Kleinschmidt, 1929; range: the Altai-Sayan Mountain System, Central and East Siberia.
A tight group of comma butterflies greedily suck a rotten Gastromyces fungus (?Lycoperdales gen. sp.).
The Bol'shoy Tesh River right bank in its low reaches, 2 km upstream of its junction with the Kondoma River. 17th September 1994. O. Kosterin.
Ареал: С. Африка, внетропическая Евразия Range: N Africa, the non-tropical Euroasia north to the forest- tundra.
ssp.: kultukensis Kleinschmidt, 1929; ареал: Алтае-Саянская горная страна, Средняя и Восточная Сибирь.

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