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

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