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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Erebia brimo elwesi 907x610 (~108Kb) ups male A dry rocky southern slope of a ridge between the headwaters of the Chikty Rivulet, 2700 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 (on Juniperus pseudosabina), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia brimo elwesi 400x300 (~32Kb) uns male A southern steppefied slope of the mountain on the Chuya River right bank between the villages Kurai and Chagan-Uzun, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia stubbendorfii 1084x918 (~337Kb) male An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 3th July 2007 (on Alchemilla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia stubbendorfii 1220x1099 (~395Kb) male An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 3th July 2007 (on Alchemilla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia stubbendorfii 1324x1219 (~319Kb) ups male An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 3th July 2007 (on Alchemilla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia stubbendorfii 1168x900 (~289Kb) ups male An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 3th July 2007 (on Alchemilla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia aethiops 510x400 (~35Kb) uns female A fir/lime forest on a ridge in the Malyi Tesh and Bolshoi Tesh Rivers interfluve 8 km E of the village Kuzedeevo, the famous "lime-tree island" of the forest of a relic species Tilia sibirica Fisch., piedmonts of the Gornaya Shoria Mts., Novokuznetsk District, Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia neriene 533x400 (~44Kb) ups female A mossy larch forest in the Polovinnaya Pad' valley few kilometres of the Argun' River left bank 13 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 28th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia neriene 300x400 (~26Kb) uns male A steppefied southern left slope of the Budyumkan River valley 5 km of its confluence with the Argun' River 6 km S of the village Uryupino, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 26th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia medusa 1064x854 (~338Kb) ups Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia medusa 1010x752 (~220Kb) ups Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia medusa 887x841 (~222Kb) uns Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia medusa 1110x1088 (~381Kb) male female Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia medusa 1085x710 (~235Kb) uns male female Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia medusa 1022x885 (~301Kb) uns Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, the Blyam Mt. environs, alpine meadows, 12 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia turanica 533x400 (~43Kb) uns A long-forb meadow within a Tien Shan spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. & Mey.) open forest at 2500 m above sea level at the junction of the Tyshkan and Tyshkanbas Rivers, 40 km NEN of Zharkent, 15 km NEN of village Sarybel', mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 25th July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia ocnus tianschanica 504x343 (~43Kb) uns An alpine meadow at 3000 m above sea level in the Tyshkan River headwaters, 42 km NEN of Zharkent, 18 km NEN of village Sarybel', mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, SE Kazakhstan. 26th July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia theano 642x450 (~72Kb) uns female A steppefied meadow at a larch wood edge on a southern slope of small mountains on the Dzhazator River right bank in front of the Akbul Rivulet mouth, 2000 m above sea level, between the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range and the Ukok Plateau, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 19th July 1998 (on Allium), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia theano 804x516 (~83Kb) uns male A subalpine larch parkland on the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2300 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998 (on Aster alpinus L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia theano 1230x994 (~268Kb) ups male An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 2rd July 2007 (on Alchemilla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia theano 918x1058 (~210Kb) ups male An alpine meadow patch neighbouring with the most elevated larch wood outposts in the Kamdyt valley, a Tekelyu River right tributary which in turn is an Akkem River right tributary, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 2rd July 2007 (on Alchemilla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia theano approximata 831x1078 (~274Kb) ups female Russia, West Siberia, NW Altai Mts., Ust'-Kan District, Bashchelakskii Range, meadow steppe 1 km SSW of Keley village. 3th July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia theano approximata 1125x893 (~279Kb) uns male female A meadow on the Peschanaya River left bank between the villages of Baragash and Ilyinka, Shebalino District, Altai Republic, West Siberia. Russia. 1st July 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia callias altajana 533x400 (~70Kb) ups female A tundrous ridge of a cirque, at 2500 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 15th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia callias altajana 339x400 (~44Kb) uns female A tundrous ridge of a cirque, at 2500 m above sea level, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, the valley of the Argem (Direntai) stream, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 15th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia callias altajana 600x453 (~59Kb) uns female Highland tundras of Kobresia myosuroides on of the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain at the the Chikty Rivulet headwaters, 2400 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia callias altajana 738x829 (~145Kb) uns female Highland tundras of Kobresia myosuroides on of the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain at the the Chikty Rivulet headwaters, 2400 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia callias altajana 700x889 (~148Kb) ups female Highland tundras of Kobresia myosuroides on of the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain at the the Chikty Rivulet headwaters, 2400 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 15th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia pandrose yernikensis 484x400 (~52Kb) uns A dwarf birch (Betula rotundifolia Spach.)/Kobresia myosuroides (Vill.) Fiori et Paol. montane tundra at 2200 m above sea level in the Argem (Direntai) Stream basin, 15 km W of the village Dzhazatr, on the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy Mt. Range, Kosh-Agach District, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 13th July, 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia pandrose yernikensis 1006x758 (~205Kb) ups A boggy alpine meadow, 2400 m above sea level, in the valley of the rivulet descending from the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia pandrose yernikensis 617x392 (~66Kb) ups A boggy alpine meadow, 2400 m above sea level, in the valley of the rivulet descending from the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia pandrose yernikensis 781x600 (~105Kb) uns An alpine meadow in the valley of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2600 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. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia pandrose yernikensis 808x600 (~112Kb) uns An alpine meadow at the bank of the left headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principal slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, the Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 10th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia pandrose yernikensis 752x796 (~159Kb) ups A mountain tundra on the Saylyg-Khem-Taiga mountain range being a part of the West Sayan mountain chain, at the Sayanskii pass of the road Abaza-Ak-Dovurak, 2300 m above sea level, 51°42' N 89°52' E, the border of Khakass and Tyva Republics, Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2000, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia cyclopius 498x503 (~49Kb) ups male An open pine forest on the hill just north of the Chita City, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 17th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia cyclopius 767x610 (~235Kb) ups The lower reaches of the Oroktoi brook, a right tributary of the Akkem River, a spruce/larch riverine forest margin, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Rapublic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007 (on Anthriscus aemula), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Erebia rossii erda 819x763 (~138Kb) uns A large stoned ancient moraine in the source of the rivulet descending from the southerm principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range between the Chikty and Akbul Rivulets, 2700 m above sea level, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West SIberia, Russia. 11th July 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia rossii erda 1214x1201 (~816Kb) male A large-stone scree at 2400 m above sea level on a northern slope of the mountain with the Skynchak cliff at, the Tekelyu River right bank, the Akkem River basin, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 1st July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Erebia rossii erda 1084x813 (~322Kb) uns male A large-stone scree at 2400 m above sea level on a northern slope of the mountain with the Skynchak cliff at, the Tekelyu River right bank, the Akkem River basin, the Katunskii Range northern principal slope, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 1st July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Aphantopus hyperantus 548x738 (~108Kb) uns male Russia, West Siberia, border of Altai Republic and Altaiskii Krai, a meadowy slope on the Anui River right bank at Chenyi Anui village. 2 July 2005 (caught by Thomisidae spider), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aphantopus hyperantus alpheois 533x400 (~58Kb) ups female A valley meadow at the Shadrikha Rivulet at the village Mel'nichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 17th May 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hyponephele lycaon 600x442 (~71Kb) uns female A patch of a meadow steppe at the village Fadino, 10 km S of the city Omsk, West Siberia, Russia. 16th August 1998, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Hyponephele lycaon 800x600 (~60Kb) larva A meadow on the Shadrikha Rivulet right bank just downstream of the village Mel'nichikha (Shadrikha), Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hyponephele lycaon 533x400 (~69Kb) uns male female A rocky steppefied south-exposed slope on the left bank of the Koksu River 2 km of its junction with the Dzhazatr River, 1600 m above sea level, the eastern spurs of the Katunskiy moutain range, Central Altai Mts., West Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1988, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hyponephele lycaon 631x747 (~101Kb) uns male 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, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Hyponephele lupinus intermedia 533x400 (~50Kb) uns male female A meadowy steppe on the bluff of the NE bank of Lake Solenoe, 6 km SW of the village Mironovka, Chistozerskiy District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Hyponephele naubidensis 586x650 (~89Kb) uns A southern herbaceous and stony slope within the Tien Shan spruce (Picea schrenkiana Fisch. et Mey.) forest belt, at 2800 m altitude, on the right bank of the Chiliksay Stream - a right tributary of the Sargir River (the Usek River basin), 48 km N of Zharkent, 20 km N of village Sarybel', the mountain massif Tyshkantau, the Southern Dzhungarian Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Zharkent District, Taldy-Kurgan Province, NE Kazakhstan. 31st of July 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Maniola jurtina 794x707 (~163Kb) uns female Russia, North Caucasus, Adygea Republic, Maikop, Khanskaya stanitsa, a meadow on the Belaya River right bank. 11th July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Maniola jurtina 1391x1017 (~453Kb) ups female Russia, West Siberia, Omsk, Gorodok Vodnikov Park. 19th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Maniola jurtina 1089x770 (~271Kb) ups female Russia, West Siberia, Omsk, Gorodok Vodnikov Park. 19th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Maniola jurtina 1120x803 (~220Kb) ups female Russia, West Siberia, Omsk, Gorodok Vodnikov Park. 19th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Maniola jurtina 1097x800 (~300Kb) uns male Russia, West Siberia, Omsk, the 30th Anniversary of Victory Park. 15th July 2007 (on Sorbaria sorbifolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Maniola jurtina 973x1106 (~279Kb) uns male Russia, West Siberia, Omsk, the 30th Anniversary of Victory Park. 15th July 2007 (on Sorbaria sorbifolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Maniola jurtina 795x923 (~203Kb) uns male Russia, West Siberia, Omsk, the 30th Anniversary of Victory Park. 15th July 2007 (on Sorbaria sorbifolia), Photo © Oleg Kosterin