Aglais urticae(Linnaeus, 1758) - Small Tortoiseshell. Range: the non-tropical Euroasia.

ssp.: urticae (Linnaeus, 1758); range: except for the Pacific islands.

A pupa

Neetle (Urtica cannabina L.) thickets in ravines on the south-exposed slopes of the mountain Kuku-Khadan on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Siberia, Rissia (just at the Mongolian border). 24th June 1995. O. Kosterin.

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