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Images from Oleg Kosterin

Apatura metis irtyshika 1121x972 (~704Kb) ups female A bank of the Irtysh River left arm within the 30th Anniversary of Victory Park, Omsk City, West Siberia, Russia. 30th August 1994, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Mimathyma nycteis 955x1124 (~438Kb) ups Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Bolshekhekhtsirskiy Natural Reserve, Chirki post. 15th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Mimathyma nycteis 1045x1186 (~469Kb) Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Bolshekhekhtsirskiy Natural Reserve, Chirki post. 15th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Euripus nyctelius 1341x1107 (~278Kb) ups male Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, W suburbs of Sen Monorom, a foirest edge, 11th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Euripus nyctelius 1064x921 (~247Kb) male Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, W suburbs of Sen Monorom, a foirest edge, 11th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Euripus nyctelius 1044x961 (~234Kb) uns male Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, W suburbs of Sen Monorom, a foirest edge, 11th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Euripus nyctelius 1305x1025 (~208Kb) uns male Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, W suburbs of Sen Monorom, a foirest edge, 11th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia levana 848x518 (~44Kb) uns male female The Shadrikha Rivulet valley, Novosibirsk District and Region, West Siberia, Russia. 2nd of June 1995 (mating), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia levana 687x491 (~35Kb) ups female A woody left bank of a Izdrevaya Rivulet 1 km upstream its fall into the Inya River, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1997 (rather late for this form), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Araschnia levana 800x533 (~114Kb) ups female A woody left bank of a Izdrevaya Rivulet 1 km upstream its fall into the Inya River, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia levana f. prorsa 524x394 (~16Kb) ups Tall herbage on a woody Bol'shoi Tesh River right bank 7 km NEE of the village Kuzedeevo, the piedmonts of Gornaya Shoria Mts., Novokuznetsk District., Kemerovo Province, West Siberia, Russia. 27th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia levana f. prorsa 600x600 (~69Kb) uns A herbaceous meadow, a pine forest at Nizhnyaya El'tsovka, Novosibirsk, 19th July 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Araschnia levana f. prorsa 979x1001 (~271Kb) A woody left bank of a Izdrevaya Rivulet 1 km upstream its fall into the Inya River, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia levana f. prorsa 1296x839 (~268Kb) ups A woody left bank of a Izdrevaya Rivulet 1 km upstream its fall into the Inya River, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia levana f. prorsa 714x962 (~193Kb) uns A woody left bank of a Izdrevaya Rivulet 1 km upstream its fall into the Inya River, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Araschnia levana f. prorsa 1177x934 (~327Kb) ups A woody left bank of a Izdrevaya Rivulet 1 km upstream its fall into the Inya River, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 8th June 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia burejana 800x600 (~131Kb) larva shady brook bank in a larch (Larix gmelinii) forest not far from the Argun' River left bank between the village Uryupino and the Gazimur River, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 31th July 1997 (A mature larva on its foodplant Urtica angustifolia Fischer ex Hornem), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia burejana 500x500 (~39Kb) pupa A pupa resulted from a larva collected on 31th July 1997 on a shady brook bank in a larch (Larix gmelinii) forest not far from the Argun' River left bank between the village Uryupino and the Gazimur River, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Araschnia burejana 823x616 (~65Kb) ups floweer clump, Chihaya-akasaka-mura, Minami-kawachi-gun, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. 3th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia burejana 665x942 (~84Kb) uns floweer clump, Chihaya-akasaka-mura, Minami-kawachi-gun, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. 3th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia burejana 1021x1055 (~292Kb) ups female Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Korfovskiy settlement. 11th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Araschnia burejana 2024x2150 (~764Kb) ups female Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Korfovskiy settlement. 11th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Araschnia burejana 1346x1083 (~310Kb) ups female Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Korfovskiy settlement. 11th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Symbrenthia lilaea 1206x860 (~221Kb) ups Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 6th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Symbrenthia lilaea 1332x1204 (~235Kb) ups Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Symbrenthia lilaea 727x722 (~55Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Symbrenthia lilaea 582x708 (~129Kb) ups Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Symbrenthia lilaea 842x942 (~112Kb) uns Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vanessa indica 400x300 (~41Kb) ups male The hill Kuruntei 15 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon district, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 6th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Vanessa indica 600x800 (~114Kb) uns male The hill Kuruntei 15 km upstream of the village Nizhnii Tsasuchei, Onon district, Chita Province, S Transbaikalia (Dahuria), Siberia, Russia. 6th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis xanthomelas 533x400 (~51Kb) larva The Izdrevaya Rivulet valley meadow 1 km of its mouth, surroundings of Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd June 1996 (A colony of caterpillars on a willow branch hanging just above the water), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis xanthomelas 800x600 (~115Kb) uns A road in the woody (pine/birch) Zyryanka Rivulet valley, Botanical Garden, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 11th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis xanthomelas 1000x935 (~232Kb) uns A road in the woody (pine/birch) Zyryanka Rivulet valley, Botanical Garden, Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 11th April 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis xanthomelas 800x800 (~137Kb) ups Russia, Siberia, Tyva Republic (Tuva), Erzin Distr., the Ubsu-Nur (Uvs-Nor) Hollow, Tes-Khem right bank floodland 5 km SW of v. Erzin, 50o15' N 95o06' E, alt. 1150-1200 m, meadows, open Betula microphylla and willow forests. 13th July 2000, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis urticae 800x600 (~112Kb) ups male female The Zyryanka Rivulet valley, the surroundings of Akademgorodok [Academy Town], Novosibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 7th April 1995 (Playing male and female), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis urticae 400x533 (~52Kb) pupa Nettle (Urtica cannabina L.) thickets in ravines on the south-exposed slopes of the mountain Kuku-Khadan on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Siberia, Rissia (just at the Mongolian border). 24th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis urticae 636x574 (~43Kb) uns An Irtysh River left arm within the city of Omsk, West Siberia, Russia. 29th July 1998 (on Butomus umbellatus), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis urticae 474x671 (~25Kb) pupa Nettle (Urtica cannabina L.) thickets in ravines on the south- exposed slopes of the mountain Kuku-Khadan on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province, Siberia, Rissia (just at the Mongolian border) (A just hatched pupa, still soft and not fully coloured, which is sucked by a group of bugs (not carnivorous ones!)). 24th June 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis urticae 1013x792 (~369Kb) larva Russia, Western Siberia, Tomsk region., Bakcharsky rn, p. Plotnikovo, big pond. July 21, 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis urticae 833x1210 (~244Kb) larva A mature larva. A birch/larch forest edge on the Akkem River left bank terrace at the Kuzuyak Brook mouth, Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 6th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis caschmirensis nixa 533x400 (~60Kb) ups A large-stoned scree, at about 2500 m altitude in the headwaters of the Artuch River, Fanskie Gory - a mountain massif between the Zeravshanskii and Ghissarskii mountain ranges, Tadjikistan. 30th April 1991, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis antiopa 797x400 (~63Kb) larva An edge of a riparian poplar wood in the valley of the Shivilig- Khem River just leaving the mountains, the southern foot of the East Tannu-Ola mounatin range, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 17th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis io 533x400 (~49Kb) ups A valley meadow at the Shadrikha Rivulet at the village Mel'nichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 24th May 1992, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis l-album 691x1108 (~126Kb) pupa A Spiraea hypericifolia bush on a meadow on the Katun' River right bank at the very Akkem River mouth, on its W side. Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis l-album 731x956 (~148Kb) pupa A Spiraea hypericifolia bush on a meadow on the Katun' River right bank at the very Akkem River mouth, on its W side. Katunskii Range southern foot, Central [Russian] Altai Mts., Ust'-Koksa District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 7th July 2007, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis l-album 977x956 (~394Kb) ups Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 7th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis l-album 800x606 (~88Kb) uns A high right board of the Inya River valley at the Razyezd Inya railway station, Novsibirsk, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd April 2000 (sipping sap from a vounded birch), Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis c-aureum 655x918 (~115Kb) ups A small pond in the forest, Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do Island, S Korea. 31st of July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis c-aureum 762x626 (~81Kb) uns A small pond in the forest, Seonheul-ri, Jocheon-eup, Bukjeju-gun, Jeju-do Island, S Korea. 31st of July 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis c-aureum 1023x991 (~348Kb) uns Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Bychikha village. 10th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis c-album 742x478 (~47Kb) The Bol'shoy Tesh River right bank in its low reaches, 2 km upstream of its junction with the Kondoma River. 17th September 1994 (butterflies greedily suck a rotten Gastromyces fungus (?Lycoperdales gen. sp.)), Photo © Oleg Kosterin
Nymphalis c-album 1199x1002 (~299Kb) uns Russia, West Siberia, Tomsk Province, Bakchar District. Plotnikovo village, a bank of a large pond, 21st July 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis c-album kultukensis 1059x1376 (~404Kb) ups Russia, West Siberia, the eastern Altai Mts., the Chylyshman River valley left board, the Kottu-Yaryk Pass, 8th May 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	Nymphalis canace 988x937 (~267Kb) uns female Cambodia, Mondukliri Province, a shallow sunlit pool at the right bank of the river upstream Buu Sraa Waterfalls, 10th June 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin