646x554 (~56Kb) SPAIN: Teneriffa, 1-5.4.1996, Photo © Valentina Anderson | 512x425 (~32Kb) SPAIN: Teneriffa, 1-5.4.1996, Photo © Valentina Anderson | 500x450 (~58Kb) West Down, Devon, UK 12/06/92, Photo © Simon Coombes |
450x381 (~26Kb) upperside France, Bretagne (Brittany), Bois De Lorge, 9 July 1997, Photo © Simon Coombes | 500x439 (~26Kb) upperside Finland, Tampere, Rusko, 6820:339, 11.8.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen | 500x581 (~50Kb) underside Finland, Kangasala, Savo, 6815:338, 18.8.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen |
512x768 (~54Kb) upperside Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Oetisheim, 8° 49' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 300m, 26.07.1998 (sucking on Origanum vulgare), Photo © Karl Hofsäß | 512x768 (~47Kb) underside Germany, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Oetisheim, 8° 49' E, 48° 58' N, altitude 300m, 26.07.1998 (sucking on Origanum vulgare), Photo © Karl Hofsäß | identification uncertain 800x708 (~111Kb) upperside Ukraine, Ivano Frankovsk, near Kalush, Stankova, 24.10.2001, Photo © Erich Mangl |
435x290 (~23Kb) Netherlands, Middenduin, Overdeen, May 2003, Photo © Peter Groenendijk | 444x518 (~27Kb) A floweer clump, Chihaya-akasaka-mura, Minami-kawachi-gun, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. 3th August 2002, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 807x1170 (~181Kb) upperside Russian Federation, Krasnodarskii Krai, Adler, bank of Nizhneimeretinskaya harbour, 15 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
560x520 (~83Kb) ♀ Russia, Moscow area, 27.8.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov | 460x420 (~95Kb) ♂ Russia, Moscow area, 27.8.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov | 450x298 (~21Kb) |
Larva on Rumex nepalensis [BIR], Rumex , R. longifolius, R. crispus, R. acetosa [SPRK], Rumex acetosella, R. crispus, Oxyria digyna [NAB], Rumex acetosa, R. acetosella Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 33
600x435 (~34Kb) upperside Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre | 600x435 (~30Kb) underside Morocco, Itzer, Moyen Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre |
448x396 (~28Kb) UK, W. SUFFOLK, Icklingham, King's Forest, GRID TL 7945 7330, 23.5.2004, Photo © Jonathan P. Tyler |
Larva on Rumex thyrsoideus, R. papilio, R. vesicarius, R. tingitanus, R. acetosa, R. acetosella, Polygonum sp. [BMAT]
431x324 (~21Kb) ♀ Chelsea, Michigan, USA, May 2004, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
Larva on Oxyria digyna Ballmer & Pratt, 1989, J. Lep. Soc. 43 (1): 59
533x400 (~65Kb) ♂ upperside A bank of the Shirkent River in its lower flow several km upstream of the kishlak Shirkent, the southern principal slope of the Ghissar mountain range, the Pamiro-Alai Mts., Tursun-Zade Province, Tadjikistan. 7th May 1989, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Oxyria digyna?, Rumex paucifolius? [NAB]
650x654 (~39Kb) ♀ FINLAND: Ks: Kuusamo Liikasenvaara, 736:61, 9.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela | 500x626 (~29Kb) ♂ FINLAND: Ks: Kuusamo Liikasenvaara, 736:61, 9.7.1998, Photo © Markku Savela | 1000x1000 (~197Kb) ♂ upperside Russia, West Siberia, Novosibirsk Province, Toguchin District, the Salairskii Kryazh Range, the Suenga River valley, an opening in fir taiga, 6th June 2000 (on Euphorbia lutescens), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Polygonum viviparum [SPRK], Rumex aquaticus, R. acetosa, Polygonum amphibium, P. bistorta [BARU], Polygonum bistorta Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 34
600x835 (~115Kb) upperside underside Russia: S.Tuva, Korumnug-Taiga Mts. (1200m), 8-25.6.2002, Vashchenko A. & B. leg. Photo © D. Smirnov |
1287x903 (~184Kb) underside Russian Federation, Adygea Republic, Caucasian nature reserve, Lagonaki Plateau, tall herbage at fir forest margin, 13 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
500x398 (~97Kb) upperside Hisaronu limani, SW Turkey 18/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes | 500x444 (~68Kb) underside Hisaronu limani, SW Turkey 18/04/95, Photo © Simon Coombes |
Larva on Sarothamnus [H&R], Caragana frutex, Lycium ruthernicum [BARU], Rumex , Polygonum aviculare, Bistorta major, Atraphaxis laetevirens, Limonium gmelinii [BRU2]: 128
Larva on Acantholimon spp. [BRU2]: 128
600x435 (~36Kb) upperside Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier | 600x435 (~33Kb) underside Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre | 600x435 (~38Kb) Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre |
600x435 (~44Kb) underside Morocco, Tizi-n-Tarakatine, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Jean Delacre |
Larva on Polygonum equisetiforme, P. aviculare? [BMAT]
Larva on Acantholimon erinaceum, A. pulchellum [BRU2]: 129
Larva on Acantholimon laxum, (Talassky Alatau Mts.) [BRU2]: 129
Larva on Acantholimon pamiricum [BRU2]: 130
1124x1162 (~321Kb) ♂ underside Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand, a brook valley downstream Baneh village. 19th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 660x726 (~143Kb) ♂ underside Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand, a brook valley downstream Baneh village. 19th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1079x1088 (~329Kb) ♂ underside Iran, Ostan-e Markazi, Shakhrestan-e Shazand, a brook valley downstream Baneh village. 19th May 2017, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Acantholimon spp. [BRU2]: 128
Larva on Acantholimon spp. [BRU2]: 128
Larva on Acantholimon spp., (Armenia) [BRU2]: 129
597x400 (~64Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 594x400 (~45Kb) ♂ upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 470x364 (~80Kb) ♂ upperside Czech Republic, Blansko, 4.7.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý |
470x434 (~85Kb) underside Czech Republic, Blansko, 4.VII.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý | 470x319 (~89Kb) ♀ upperside Czech Republic, Blansko, 17.7.2004, Photo © Michal Koupý |
Larva on Rumex confertus [BARU], Rumex acetosa [BRU2]: 126, Rumex hydrolapathum, R. aquaticus [H&R]
533x400 (~47Kb) ♀ upperside The Black Sea coast at the settlement Yuzhnyaya Ozereevka near Novorossiysk, Novorossiysk District, Krasnodarskii Krai Province, Russia. 2nd June 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1210x1024 (~304Kb) ♂ Russian Federation, Krasnodarskii Krai, Adler, bank of Nizhneimeretinskaya harbour, 15 July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
533x400 (~36Kb) ♀ underside A road crossing a woody (Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Rupr.) brook valley between the villages Budyumkan and Uryupino 5-7 km of the former, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 25th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
457x400 (~41Kb) ♀ underside The Irtysh River left bank floodland within the Omsk City, West Siberia, Russia. 27th August 1996 (on Inula salicina L.), Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
500x397 (~63Kb) underside Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/7/96, Photo © Simon Coombes | 533x400 (~57Kb) ♂ upperside A valley meadow at the Shadrikha Rivulet at the village Mel'nichikha, Novosibirsk District and Province, West Siberia, Russia. 17th May 1993, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 664x585 (~87Kb) ♂ upperside Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov |
745x604 (~87Kb) ♂ Russia, Moscow area, 11.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov | 784x684 (~112Kb) underside Russia, Moscow area, 9.6.2019 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov |
Larva on Rumex acetosa [BARU], Rumex [H&R], Rumex confertus [BRU2]: 127, Rumex acetosa, R. acetosella Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 34
600x435 (~55Kb) upperside Morocco, Djebel Siroua, Anti-Atlas, Photo © Michel Tarrier |
Larva on Rumex scutatus, R. acetosa [BMAT]
533x400 (~42Kb) ♂ upperside A rocky southern slope of a piedmont hill of the mountain Gydyrgun on the northern bank of Lake Zun-Torei, Onon District, SE Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 13th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on (as violacea) Rheum rhabarbarum [BRU2]: 126
1300x984 (~256Kb) ♀ upperside China, Qinghai prov, 20 km S Tianjun (3900m), Photo © A. Timchenko leg. | 900x749 (~122Kb) ♂ underside China, Qinghai prov, 20 km S Tianjun (3900m), Photo © A. Timchenko leg. |
450x327 (~42Kb) ♂ upperside Mt. Canigou, Pyrenees Orientales, France 27/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes | 680x680 (~60Kb) ♀ upperside FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 27.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela | 600x436 (~25Kb) ♂ upperside FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela |
600x688 (~52Kb) ♂ underside FINLAND: Kb: Kiihtelysvaara, 692:68, 11.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela | 1400x968 (~124Kb) ♀ upperside FINLAND, Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 2.8.1998, Photo © Markku Savela | 600x803 (~46Kb) ♂ upperside Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 12.7.1979, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen |
596x400 (~42Kb) larva Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 596x400 (~53Kb) upperside Central Europe 1990-2000, Photo © Michael Borsch | 979x734 (~91Kb) ♂ Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys-Zervynos, 15.7.2008 (on Thymus pulegioides), Photo © Harri Arkkio |
745x938 (~80Kb) ♂ upperside Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys, railwaystation, 16.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio | 914x685 (~73Kb) ♂ underside Lithuania: Dzukija, Marcinkonys-Zervynos, 15.7.2008, Photo © Harri Arkkio | 680x610 (~96Kb) ♂ underside Russia, Moscow area, 3.7.2010 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov |
877x1080 (~196Kb) ♀ Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Korfovskiy settlement. 11th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 886x865 (~258Kb) ♀ upperside Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Korfovskiy settlement. 11th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 1016x1168 (~261Kb) ♀ underside Russia, Khabarovskiy Kray, Khabarovsk southern env., Korfovskiy settlement. 11th July 2014, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
500x444 (~23Kb) ♀ FINLAND: Ab: Suomusjärvi, 669:31, 18.8.1996, Photo © Markku Savela | 500x389 (~22Kb) ♂ upperside Finland, Sotkamo, Pihlajapuro, 7/1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen | 299x299 (~11Kb) |
Larva on Rumex thyrsifolium, R. acetosa [BARU], Rumex , R. acetosella [SPRK], Rumex acetosa Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 33, Fabaceae , (??) [MRS]
400x300 (~32Kb) ♂ ♀ underside A forb meadow on a SE slope 12 km SE of the village Gazimurskii Zavod, Gazimurskozavodskoi District, E Chita Province, E Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 24th July 1997, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 400x451 (~32Kb) underside A meadow, with Medicago dominating, on the Tes-Khem River right bank in front of the Shivilig-Khem valley, the Ubsu-Nur intermontane hollow, Tes-Khem District, Tuva Republic, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1990, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
443x400 (~30Kb) ♀ underside The floodland on the Om' River right bank in the Omsk City suburbs, West Siberia, Russia. 14th August 1995, Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 870x597 (~44Kb) ♂ upperside Paetz, Berlin, Germany, 7-90, Photo © S. Shuichi Haupt | 906x806 (~156Kb) upperside Russia, North Caucasus, Adygea Republic, Maikop, Khanskaya stanitsa, Khanskie ponds. 14th July 2008, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
570x570 (~78Kb) upperside Russia, Moscow area, 11.6.2011 (38°52'E, 55°33'N), Photo © D. Smirnov |
Larva on Rumex , Sarothamnus [H&R], Rumex acetosa, R. acetosella, Rumex papillaris Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 34
500x455 (~31Kb) ♀ upperside Finland, Tampere, Rusko, 6819:335, 12.7.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen | 400x359 (~21Kb) ♂ upperside Finland, Tampere, Rusko, 6819:335, 12.7.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen | 550x588 (~35Kb) ♂ upperside FINLAND: Kl: Parikkala, 683:64, 1.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela |
500x564 (~35Kb) ♂ underside FINLAND: Kl: Parikkala, 683:64, 1.7.1997, Photo © Markku Savela | 600x742 (~40Kb) ♀ upperside Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 26.6.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen | 600x719 (~49Kb) ♂ upperside Finland, Sipoo 670:40, 20.6.1980, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen |
1200x834 (~104Kb) underside Finland, Sipoo 670:39, 24.6.1981, Photo © Pertti Pakkanen | 694x660 (~93Kb) ♀ Russia, Moscow area, 16.6.2011 (36°25'E, 56°00'N), Photo © D. Smirnov | 1119x540 (~90Kb) ♂ Russia, Moscow area, 17.06.2007, Photo © D. Smirnov |
Larva on Polygonum bistorta [BARU], Rumex hydrolapathum, R. confertus, (Moscow) [BRU2]: 125 Rumex , R. acetosella, R. acetosa [SPRK], Rumex acetosa Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 34
501x395 (~37Kb) ♂ ♀ underside An alpine meadow in the valley of the headwater of the Chikty Rivulet, 2500 m above sea level, the southern principle slope of the Yuzhno-Chuiskii mountain range, the upper Dzhazator River basin, Kosh-Agach District, Altai Republic, West Siberia, Russia. 22nd July 1998 (on Pedicularis anthemifolia Fisch. ex Colla), Photo © Oleg Kosterin | 439x400 (~38Kb) ♂ underside A meadow in a depression on the Adon-Chelon elevation, at the mountain Tsagan-Obo, 10 km NNW of the village Tasyrkhoi, S Chita Province (Dahuria), Transbaikalia, Siberia, Russia. 9th July 1996, Photo © Oleg Kosterin |
Larva on Leguminosae [MRS]
Larva on Atraphaxis frutescens, A. pyrifolia [BRU2]: 131
Larva on Polygonum paronychioides [BRU2]: 135
Larva on Polygonum paronychioides [BRU2]: 136
Larva on Horkelia fusca, Horkelia tenuiloba, Rumex , Potentilla [NAB]
Larva on Rumex hymenosepalus, R. conglomeratus, R. crispus, R. obstusifolia [NAB]
Larva on Eriogonum elongatum, E. nudum [NAB]
Larva on Rumex hymenosepalus, R. triangularis [NAB]
Larva on Eriogonum fasciculatum, E. latifolium, E. umbellatum, E. nudum, E. microthecum [NAB]
432x338 (~32Kb) USA: Huron River valley region, Ann Arbor, Michigan, May 1999, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
Larva on Rumex crispus, R. obtusifolius, R. longifolius, R. patientia, Polygonum coccineum, P. natans MacLean, 1990, J. Lep. Soc. 44 (1): 33
Larva on Vaccinium macrocarpum [NAB]
324x432 (~30Kb) ♂ underside Chelsea, Michigan, 3 July 2004, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
Larva on Potentilla , P. fruticosa [NAB]
Larva on Polygonaceae , Rumex , Polygonum , less Potentilla [NAB]
Larva on Polygonum douglasii [NAB]
700x951 (~56Kb) USA: Table Mtn, (~ 47°19N 120°42W), Kittitas Co., WA, 30.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela | 660x623 (~60Kb) underside USA: FR9705, Table Mtn (47°18'20N 129°41'43W), Kittitas Co., WA, 19.7.1999, Photo © Markku Savela | 900x728 (~61Kb) ♂ upperside USA: Teanaway, Jungle Creek, (47°20'06N 120°55'21W ±0.5km) Kittitas Co., WA, 21.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela |
600x717 (~58Kb) underside USA: Teanaway, Jungle Creek, (47°20'06N 120°55'21W ±0.5km) Kittitas Co., WA, 21.7.2000, Photo © Markku Savela | 1000x1196 (~119Kb) USA: Cabin Mountain, (1408m), (47°14'15N 121°16'27W ~ ±0.5km), Kittitas Co., WA, 29.7.2006 (on Sedum divergens), Photo © Markku Savela |
Larva on Vaccinium arbuscula, V. nivictum?, (not Polygonum douglasii!) Pratt & Ballmer, 1986, J. Lep. Soc. 40 (2): 127
Larva on Polygonum undulatum, Rumex ecklonianus? Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10
324x474 (~74Kb) ♀ upperside Cobb Valley, Nelson Lakes, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 324x487 (~60Kb) ♂ upperside Cobb Valley, Nelson Lakes, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
462x324 (~64Kb) ♀ upperside Awarua Bay, nr Invercargill, Southland. South Island, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 483x324 (~51Kb) ♀ underside Awarua Bay, nr Invercargill, Southland. South Island, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 478x324 (~63Kb) ♂ upperside Awarua Bay, nr Invercargill, Southland. South Island, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
457x324 (~45Kb) ♂ underside Awarua Bay, nr Invercargill, Southland. South Island, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
484x324 (~45Kb) ♂ underside Mt Ruapehu, North Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
Larva on Muehlenbeckia axillaris Gibbs, 1980, New Zealand Butterflies
487x324 (~66Kb) ♂ upperside Upper Hollyford Valley, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 460x324 (~63Kb) ♂ underside Upper Hollyford Valley, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
489x324 (~81Kb) ♀ upperside Milford Sound, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 482x324 (~68Kb) ♀ underside Milford Sound, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 458x324 (~77Kb) ♂ upperside Milford Sound, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Jan 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
498x324 (~57Kb) ♂ underside Milford Sound, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
451x300 (~90Kb) ♀ upperside New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 20 Nov 2005, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 480x329 (~22Kb) ♂ upperside New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 16 Nov 2005, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
Larva on Muehlenbeckia complexa Gibbs, 1980, New Zealand Butterflies
375x564 (~64Kb) ♀ upperside New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 13 Nov 2005, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 564x375 (~56Kb) ♂ upperside New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 13 Nov 2005, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 564x375 (~49Kb) ♂ underside New Zealand, Malborough Sounds region, South Island, 13 Nov 2005, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
462x324 (~52Kb) ♂ Homer Tunnel, Fiordland, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 487x324 (~36Kb) ♀ underside Catlins, South Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 324x466 (~25Kb) ♂ underside Dunedin, South Island, NZ, Feb 2007, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
487x324 (~41Kb) ♀ upperside Banks Penninsular, South Island, NZ, Dec 2005, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
Larva on Muehlenbeckia complexa, M. australis, M. axillaris Gibbs, 1980, New Zealand Butterflies
476x324 (~72Kb) ♂ upperside Upland Wellington, North Island, NZ, Feb 2006, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
324x483 (~40Kb) upperside Dunedin, South Island, NZ, Feb 2007, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards | 479x324 (~34Kb) underside Dunedin, South Island, NZ, Feb 2007, Photo © Christopher A. Rickards |
Larva on Muehlenbeckia australis Gibbs, 1980, New Zealand Butterflies
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