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: intermedia (Menetries, 1859); range: East Siberia and the Far East.

A male, wings open on Ledum palustre

Dwarf pine/dwarf alder forest-tundra at about 1000 m above sea level, the mountains of the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 23rd July 1989. Oleg Kosterin.

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