Pseudochazara hippolythe (Esper, 1784) - a butterfly common in Asian steppes, a male, as in many steppen Satyridae its wing underside has a cryptic colouration.

A dry delta [sair] of the Shivilig-Khem River descending from the East Tannu-Ola mountain range being a northern border of the Ubsu-Nur Hollow, Tes-Khem District, the southern Tuva Rapublic, S Siberia, Russia. 16th July 1990. Oleg Kosterin.

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