A warm, mostly sunny day, +24° C. Been to Bykovka river near Zhukovsky.
Mazarine Blue (Cyaniris semiargus):
Pale Clouded Yellow (Colias hyale):
Also saw a Large Copper (Lycaena dispar) and Black-veined Moth (Siona lineata), but couldn’t take photos.
Lots of damselflies. Male Erythromma najas:
Male Coenagrion pulchellum:
Coenagrion puella two males and a female:
The correct name for this widespread black-legged species is apparently Graphosoma italicum, while G. lineatum is the name for a red-legged species from the Mediterranean:
Tipula ?vernalis:
Vlad Proklov's wildlife blog 
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