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Photo #41201: Mellicta alatauica

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Mellicta alatauica

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Photo, and identified by: Leon Ortlieb. Image without retouching at the website

Date and time, location shooting/catching: 2015-05-05 15:00:00, South-eastern Kazakhstan, Dzungarian Alatau, Toksanbai ridge, 1500 m n. m. in the floodplain of the Koksu river.

Photographer's comment: Alatava draughtsman? Mellicta alatauica (Staudinger, 1881) (= Melitaea alatauica)

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04.07.2015 22:20, Leon Ortlieb

Yeah, I know that site. At the time, there is also sent pictures. But he seemed inactive site. Basil there are more birds PhotoHunt, himself a great asset to the other sites.
In my opinion there is not enough specialists ..

04.07.2015 17:32, Alexander Belousov

Leon, try to look at our local site nature lovers. There's a good selection of plants. And mushrooms.
http://innature.kz/infusions/advanced_articles_sort/plantae_reg.php

04.07.2015 1:02, Leon Ortlieb

About what I know. But there is a problem in detail. Some plants are determined without difficulty, and other small problem ..

04.07.2015 0:57, Yuri Semejkin

Leon! By plant is recommended to handle here http://www.plantarium.ru/

04.07.2015 0:56, Leon Ortlieb

Alexander,
If you look at the book of Kazakhstan Animals in photos
AB Zhdanko, VL Kazenas (PDF)
Butterflies Semirechye, the Minerva is much darker. This butterfly looks like a few butterflies, but one to one with anyone .. Where is the boundary permissible deviations?
a alatauica on different sites for different looks, too ..And now what standard?
Although I doubt it alatauica ..

03.07.2015 21:02, Leon Ortlieb

Clear. Alexander, then you can biologist, botanist? I have a bunch of plants, you need to define ... There's a "my" former forestry whatnot tebovalos be defined ..

03.07.2015 17:10, Alexander Belousov

Leon, I am just a fan like you. I think it is more similar to Melitaea minerva.

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