Nymphalis xanthomelas (Schiffermueller, 1775) - Yellow-legged Tortoiseshell.
Range: The temperate and subtropical Euroasia.
ssp.: xanthomelas (Schiffermueller, 1775); range: except for the Pacific islands.
A colony of caterpillars on a willow branch hanging just above the water.
The Izdrevaya Rivulet valley meadow 1 km of its mouth, surroundings of Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1996. O. Kosterin Wings closed.