LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • OENEIS Hubner, [1819]

    
    

    • Oeneis lederi Alpheraky, 1897

Oeneis lederi Alpheraky, 1897

· TYPE LOCALITY. "...d'Ourga et d'Irkout" [Ulan-Bator, Mongolia and the Irkut Valley, Buryatia, Russia].

· RANGE. Confined to Mongolia and S. Siberia.

· TAXONOMIC NOTES. O. lederi is very likely to represent a senior synonym of sapozhnikovi Korshunov, 1982, which has been described from Mongolia as a separate species.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Steppe. Flight period: May-June.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. O. tarpeia: UPS ground colour from sandy-yellow to ochreous-brown; UNH postdis-cal band conspicuous.

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