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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Papilio clytia 876x948 (~275Kb) male Cambodia, Pursat Province, the Tumpor River at Tumpor village, 14th March 2019, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio clytia 868x1078 (~362Kb) uns male Cambodia, Pursat Province, the Tumpor River at Tumpor village, 14th March 2019, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio clytia clytia 1134x1011 (~323Kb) ups male Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Ban Lung, at Kan Seng Lake, 31st May 2013 (f. onpape), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Papilio clytia clytia 1246x1080 (~240Kb) uns male Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Ban Lung, at Kan Seng Lake, 31st May 2013 (f. onpape), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio clytia clytia 1034x959 (~413Kb) ups male Cambodia, Pursat Province, the Tumpor River at Tumpor village, 14th March 2019, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio clytia clytia 1419x1109 (~349Kb) ups female Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Lake Yak Lom, 30th May 2013 (f. janus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Papilio clytia clytia 1122x884 (~264Kb) ups female Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, Lake Yak Lom, 30th May 2013 (f. janus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio paradoxa telearchus 650x726 (~226Kb) uns male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, Koh Por River valley just below the waterfalls, at a pool on rocks. 13th April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio paris 1080x979 (~672Kb) male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Dak Dam Waterfall, 16th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Papilio paris 1303x1240 (~516Kb) male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Monorom Waterfall environs, 23th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio paris 1431x1116 (~875Kb) male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Dak Dam Waterfall, 16th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio paris 912x759 (~383Kb) male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Dak Dam Waterfall, 16th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Papilio paris 953x966 (~399Kb) male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Monorom Waterfall environs, 23th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio paris 1212x1199 (~841Kb) male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, Dak Dam Waterfall, 16th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio maackii 1233x898 (~353Kb) ups male Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Papilio maackii 1187x1098 (~467Kb) ups male Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio maackii 1034x1046 (~490Kb) male Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Bolshekhekhtsirskiy Natural Reserve, Chirki post. 14th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Papilio maackii 1036x917 (~548Kb) male Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Bolshekhekhtsirskiy Natural Reserve, Chirki post. 15th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Atrophaneura nox erebus 1148x840 (~281Kb) ups male Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Atrophaneura coon doubledayi 1108x792 (~215Kb) ups female Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, the lower reaches of Bang Pae brook. 27th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Atrophaneura coon doubledayi 712x882 (~166Kb) male female Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a bamboo forest on a flat watershed between the headwaters of the Bang Pae and Ton Sai brooks. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Atrophaneura aristolochiae goniopeltis 1298x942 (~548Kb) ups female Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, O'Sieng Lei Cascades, 2nd June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Atrophaneura aristolochiae goniopeltis 1324x1123 (~673Kb) ups female Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, O'Sieng Lei Cascades, 2nd June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Atrophaneura aristolochiae goniopeltis 887x749 (~316Kb) ups female Cambodia, Ratanakiri Province, O'Sieng Lei Cascades, 2nd June 2013, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Atrophaneura aristolochiae goniopeltis 853x1087 (~427Kb) male Cambodia, Mondulkiri Province, 12 km NE of Sen Monorom, the ?Pulung River bank at the bridge, 10th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Troides helena cerberus 899x762 (~179Kb) ups male Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest at the Ton Sai brook headwaters. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Troides helena cerberus 822x830 (~191Kb) uns male Thailand, Phuket, the Khao Phra Theo National Park, a primary forest at the Ton Sai brook headwaters. 19th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Troides helena cerberus 1023x870 (~369Kb) male Cambodia, Koh Kong Province, right bank of the Thma Bang River left tributary at the bridge, 7 km SW Thma Bang village, 2nd June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Troides aeacus 1224x918 (~339Kb) ups male Cambodia, Kampot Province, River of Kampot at Tek-Chhou Rapids, 21 August 2011, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Troides aeacus 1149x876 (~262Kb) ups male Cambodia, Kampot Province, River of Kampot at Tek-Chhou Rapids, 21 August 2011, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Leptidea sinapis 690x683 (~121Kb) uns Russia, West Siberia, Omsk, a floodland meadow within the 30th Anniversary of Victory Park. 19th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Leptidea duponcheli 1223x985 (~262Kb) uns male Iran, Tehran, Elborz Mts. S slope, Tochal Mt. S. slope at the higher aerial lift station, 3000 m a.s.l., 2nd June 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Leptidea morsei 948x865 (~163Kb) uns male female Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Bolshekhekhtsirskiy Natural Reserve, Chirki post, the Ussuri River right bank. 15th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Leptidea morsei major 381x300 (~34Kb) uns A pine forest edge, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 3rd June 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Leptidea amurensis 800x600 (~62Kb) uns Wet sand of the left bank of the Novyi Onon arm of the Onon River 1 km downstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 20th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Leptidea amurensis 800x414 (~68Kb) male female Wet sand of the left bank of the Novyi Onon arm of the Onon River 1 km downstream of the village Nozhnii Tsasuchei, Onon District, Chita Province, Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, 20th July 1997 (Leptidea amurensis (Menetries, 1859) (a male (fore wings narrower) and female (fore wings broader) of a summer brood: wings closed) and Pyrgus speyeri (Staudinger, 1887) ssp. (a male; wings open)), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Leptidea amurensis 760x922 (~158Kb) uns Russia, West Siberia, the Altai Mts., Altai Republic, Shebalino District, the Ulus-Cherga village environs, a herbaceous meadow on southern slope. 11th May 2007 (summer brood), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Leptidea amurensis 1213x913 (~289Kb) uns male Russia, West Siberia, the Altai Mts., Altai Republic, Chemal District, 2 km SE of Chemal village, a southern dell. 11th May 2008 (summer brood on Pulmonaria mollis), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Leptidea amurensis 910x787 (~189Kb) uns male Russia, West Siberia, the Altai Mts., Altai Republic, Chemal District, 2 km SE of Chemal village, a southern dell. 11th May 2008 (summer brood on Pulmonaria mollis), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Aporia crataegi 464x480 (~55Kb) ups A bushy meadow on the second right bank terrace of the Koen River at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim DIstrict, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 23rd June 1990 (on Lychnis chalcedonicus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aporia crataegi 437x581 (~99Kb) A glade in a mixed coniferous forest, the Stolby nature reservation, Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, Russia. 11th July 1995 (A congregation on a Cirsium heterophyllum (L.) inflorescence), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aporia crataegi 540x834 (~139Kb) The black-veined white (Aporia crataegi (Linnaeus, 1758)) is no too abundant in Europe while in the southern West and Central Siberia it appears in mass quantities almost every year, to form giant congregations on the wet ground on sunny days. The Berd' River right bank at the village Legostaevo, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Region, West Siberia, Russia. 13th of June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Aporia crataegi 780x500 (~126Kb) The Ik River right bank 1 km upstream of the village Novososedovo, the Salairskii Kryazh elevation, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 31st May 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aporia crataegi 476x650 (~52Kb) The Zyryanka Rivulet valley, the surroundings of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, W. Siberia, Russia. 30th June April 1994 (Pseudocopulation - a usual behaviour of mature specimens which imitate mating without a real sexual intercourse), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aporia crataegi 405x658 (~25Kb) larva The Bugotak River valley between the villages Samarskii and Karpysak, Toguchin District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 13th May 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Aporia crataegi 565x328 (~34Kb) larva Bird cherries on the banks of the Shadrikha Rivulet, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. May 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aporia crataegi 428x500 (~36Kb) pupa The southern slope of the Shadrikha Rivulet valley, Novosibirsk Province, 7th June 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aporia crataegi 410x640 (~22Kb) pupa The bird cherry thickets on the right bank floodland of the Koen River at at the mouth of the Volchikha Rivulet, just downstream of the village Nizhnii Koen, Iskitim District, Novosibirsk Province, West Siberia, Russia. 26th May 1997 (Pupae on the branches of Padus avium Miller), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Aporia crataegi 1079x875 (~189Kb) uns female Russia, West Siberia, Altai Republic, Shebalino District, the Katun' River left bank at Ust'-Sema village. 1st July 2005 (on Leucanthemum vulgare), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aporia crataegi 565x816 (~124Kb) larva Russia, West Siberia, Altaiskii Krai Province, the Katun' River right bank between Chuiskii and Dolina Svobody villages. 7th May 2005 (A school of just overvintered caterpillars on their winter nest on Padus avium), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Aporia leucodice 392x400 (~35Kb) ups A meadow in the lower valley of the Kora River about 10 km upstream of the Tekeli City (1300 m above sea level), the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), Taldy-Kurgan Province, Kazakhstan. 13th June 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Pieris napi 826x986 (~153Kb) uns male female Russia, West Siberia, Altai Republic, Shebalino District, Kamlak village, 10th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pieris bryoniae bryonides 488x323 (~43Kb) The middle valley of the Kora River, 18 km NE of the Tekeli City (1600 m above sea level), the North Dzhungarskiy Alatau mountain chain (NE part of Tien Shan), the Taldy-Kurgan Province, Kazakhstan. 14th June, 19934, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Pieris bryoniae sheljuzhkoi 440x446 (~26Kb) ups female A coastal meadow on the Cape Ploskii, the Koni Peninsula, Ola District, S Magadan Province, Russia. 8th July, 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin