Brenthis hecate (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775) (= Neobrenthis hecate) - Double-dashed Fritillary.
Range: S Europe, Anterior and Central Asia, S Ural, the steppen regions of W Siberia, Altai and West Sayan Mts.
ssp.: hecate (Denis et Schiffermueller, 1775); range:Europe, Ural, the West Siberian Lowland.
wings closed.
Sparse stand of bushes on a dry southern slope of the coastal (the Black Sea) mountains above the settlement Kabardinka, Novorossiisk District, Gelendzhik District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Russia. 6th June 1990. O. Kosterin.