Nymphalis xanthomelas (Schiffermueller, 1775) - Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell.

Range: The temperate and subtropical Euroasia.

ssp.: xanthomelas (Schiffermueller, 1775); range: except for the Pacific islands.

An individual sipping sap from a vounded birch.

The Ukrop River valley at the Barsukovskaya cave, 5 km upstream of the village Pen'kovo, Maslyanino District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 2nd May 1999. O. Kosterin.