That's just typical Zygaena viciae. In any case, I asked about the scope to doubts have disappeared.
The site Entomological Museum Thomas Witt http://www.insecta-web.org/MWM/ lined with photos including pestryanok collection, which has a lot of subspecies Z. viciae. There subspecies with 6 points on the front wing and a red belt on the abdomen, for example http://www.insecta-web.org/cgi-bin/MWM/vk/dysplay_virt_koll.pl?id=615&fam=Zygaenidae&t= t_entry or ...
Z. osterodensis sure there is no more like a Z. minos, but securely from Z. purpuralis appearance is no different.
According to my observations in the Moscow region first instance Aricia artaxerxes marked May 30 as Aricia eumedon - on 31 May. This fresh Aricia artaxerxes observed throughout the summer until the beginning of September - very stretched their departure, and the number of generations is difficult to trace. At Aricia eumedon - one generation, years before the second half of July.while in the ...
Good evening! As far as I know, this species hasn't been spotted in Moscow region before. If so, this is the only Zygaena centaureae spot known so far in Moscow region.
If there is any reliable feature to make it possible to distinguish these two species by photo? If not, let's be consistent and move this and other photos of these two species to uncertain or move this image to successfully identified as there were no up-to-date founds of A. agestis, or namely specimens which could be only by exterior referred to A. agestis.