Euphydryas maturna (Linnaeus, 1758).
This species is included into IUCN Red List. This is a sad example
when IUCN disregards the data from the main part of a species
range within Russia when making its decision. In European Russia
and Siberia this species is quite common.
Range: the temperate Eurasia, except for the Far East, eastwards
to Central Yakutia and E Transbaikalia, in the North lovcally
reaches the forest-tundra zone.
ssp.: staudingeri Wnukowsky, 1929 (= uralensis Staudinger, 1852);
range: Siberia.
A male
Russia, West Siberia, Kemerovo Province, Novokuznetsk District, the Gornaya Shoria
Mts., the Kuzedeevo village environs, the Bol'shoy Tesh River right bank, a damp valley
meadow. 12th June 2004. O. Kosterin.