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LEPIDOPTERA

Oeneis alpina Kurentzov, 1970
   Oeneis alpina   Kurentzov, 1970

· TYPE LOCALITY. Omsukchan, Magadan Region.

· RANGE. The Chukot and Magadan regions, Alaska.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Lowland and shrubby tundras. Flight peri-od: June.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. O. taygete: UNS wavy pattern less strongly deve-loped; UNH outer edge of band more even, as a rule; UPS with neither yellowish bands nor eye-spots.

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