RUSSIAN FAR EAST, USSURI, three locations in the Primorski Region to the north of Vladivostok, June into July 2019 in the company of Adrian Hoskins and others. *These photos are also included in the pages for Europe given the familiarity of many Eastern Palaearctic species with their counterparts in the West
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RUSSIAN FAR EAST, June/July 2019
Sericinus montela
male, Novonezhino, 3 JulySericinus montela
male, at the same location, 3 JulySericinus montela
male, same location, 5 JulySericinus montela
female, Novonezhino, 5 JulySericinus montela
female, as in the previous photoSericinus montela
larva on aristolochia foodplant, same location as adults, 5 JulyMeadow at Tayga
near Dalnegorsk, 27 JuneParnassius stubbendorfi koreana
in the Tayga meadow on 27 JuneParnassius stubbendorfi koreana
the same insect as shown in the previous shotParnassius nomion korshunovi
Novonezhino, 3 JulyParnassius nomion korshunovi
same insectParnassius nomion korshunovi
as for the previous photoBirch stand
inside the Tayga forest, 27 JunePapilio machaon sachalinensis
Swallowtail, Tayga, 24 JunePapilio machaon sachalinensis
Swallowtail, same insect as in the previous shotPapilio xuthus
near Anisimovka, 1 JulyAporia crataegi banghaasi
Black-veined White, near Dmitriyevka, south of Spassk-Dalniy,19 JuneAporia crataegi banghaasi
Black-veined White, Tayga forest, Dalnegorsk, 26 JuneBombina orientalis
Oriental fire-bellied Toad in a puddle at Merkushevka, 22 JuneAporia hippia
forest road towards Tayga forest, 26 JuneAporia hippia
as in the previous photoColias poliographus
female, near Anisimovka, 1 JulyColias poliographus
male, also near Anisimovka on 1 JulyGonepteryx aspasia aspasia
Brimstone variant, Luk'yanovka, 5 JulyLeptidea amurensis
near Anisimovka,1 July'near Anisimovka'
the meadow location with a backdrop of the Livadiynskiy hills, 3 JulyLeptidea morsei
Fenton's Wood White, Luk'yanovka, 6 JulyLonghorn beetles
Tayga forest meadow, 27 JuneSatyrium pruni jezoensis
Black Hairstreak, very worn, Luk'yanovka, 5 JulyThersamonolycaena dispar festiva
Large Copper, male, Merkushevka, 21 JulyThersamonolycaena dispar festiva
Large Copper, female, Vishnevka area, 20 JuneThersamonolycaena dispar festiva
Large Copper, female as in the previous photoEveres argiades seitzi
Short-tailed Blue, Luk'yanovka, 5 JulyCyaniris semiargus
Mazarine Blue, female, on the Anisimovka lower ski slope, 3 JulyCyaniris semiargus
as for the previous photoAnisimovka
lower ski slope in the early morning swirling mists on 3 JulyCelastrina argiolas ladonides
Holly Blue subspecies, Tayga forest, 24 JuneChrysozephyrus smaragdinus Q
forest track leading to the Tayga forest, 20 JuneAtara arata
also on the Tayga forest road, 20 JunePlebejus argyrognomon
Reverdin's Blue, female, somewhere between Vladivostok and Spassk-Dalniy alongside the M60, 19 JunePlebejus argyrognomon
Reverdin's Blue, female, same insect as shown previouslyBombina orientalis
Oriental Fire-bellied Toad out of water on the track at Luk'yanovka, 5 JulyPlebejus argus coreanus
Merkushevka, 21 JunePlebejus argus coreanus
as shown in the previous photoPlebejus argus coreanus
Merkushevka, 21 JunePlebejus pseudaedon
in woodland on the Dalnegorsk to Tayga road, 24 JunePlebejus pseudaedon
the same insect as in the previous photoMeadows
between Anisimovka and Novonezhino, 1 JulyPlebejus subsolanus
photo taken in the Anisimovka-Novonezhino meadows, 3 JulyShow More