Oeneis bore (Schneider, 1792). (= Oeneis ammon Elwes, 1899) - Arctic Grayling.

Range: Polar and subpolar regions of Eurasia and North America, the mountains of Siberia and Mongolia.

ssp: ammon Elwes, 1899; range: Altai, the Sayans, the mountains of Tuva and the western half of Mongolia.

A female, wings closed

An alpine meadow in the valley of a headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998. O. Kosterin.

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