Hyponephele lycaon (Kuhn, 1774) - Dusky Meadow Brown.

Range: Europa, Asia Minor,the forest-steppe and southern forest zones of Asia east to Transbaikalia and E Mongolia.

ssp: catamelas (Staudinger, 1886); range: Ural and Siberia.

A male, wings closed

Open larch forest on the left bank of the Dzhazator River in its upper flow, between the falls of its right tributaries Chikty and Akbul, 2000 m above sea level, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 18th July 1998. O. Kosterin.

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