Melanargia russiae (Esper, 1784) (= M. suwarovius Herbst, 1796; M. japygia Cyrillo, 1787)
Range: the Mediterranian Europe, S Russia, Transcaucasia, West Siberia.
ssp.: russiae (Esper, 1784); range: except for Italy.
A male with wings open busking after a rain.
Russia, West Siberia, Novosibirsk Province (just and its S border), Ordynskii Dirstrict, environs of the village Antonovo, the southern steppen bluff of the Novosibirsk Water Reserve bank. 23th June 2001. Photo: O. Kosterin