LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • OENEIS Hubner, [1819]

    
    

    • Oeneis elwesi Staudinger, 1901

Oeneis elwesi Staudinger, 1901

· TYPE LOCALITY. "Altai or." [Chuyskaya Steppe, 30 ml S. of Kosh-Agach, Altai].

· SYNONYMS: tannuola O. Bang-Haas, 1927; solanikovi Kurentzov, 1970; ulugchemi Korshunov, 1995, syn. nov.

· RANGE. The south of the Altai and Sayan Mts., Mongolia.

· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The S. Altai and Tuva - the nominate subspecies.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Ridges of strongly eroded rock, dry larch woodlands with rock. Flight period: May-June.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997