Euphydryas intermedia (Menetries, 1859) (= Euphydryas ichnea (Boisduval, 1832), probably the valid name) Asian Fritillary.

Range: the Alps, Ural, the subzones of middle and southern taiga of Siberia, the mountains of S Siberia, the Far East, the Sakhalin, Mongolia, NE China, N Korea.

ssp: altaica Seitz, 1908; range: Ural, West Siberia, Altai Mts.

A male, wings open

The left bank of the Koksu River 2 km of its junction with the Dzhazatr River, 1600 m above sea level, the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy moutain range, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 24th July, 1988. Oleg Kosterin.

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