Calopteryx japonica Selys, 1869 altaica Belyshev, 1955

An East Palaearctic species ranging west to Altai, the northernmost calopterygid damselfly (reaches 60oN at the Podkamennaya Tunguska River

A female

Russia, West Siberia, Kemerovo Province, piedmonts of the Gornaya Shoria Mt., willow bushes on the Bol'shoi Tesh River right bank 7 km upstream of its mouth, ~8 km NE of village Kuzedeevo. 27th July 1996.

O. Kosterin

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