Blue Spot-type Hairstreak Butterflies mainly Satyrium and Rhymnaria/Neolycaena sp.

The Hairstreak-like butterflies above left and below are Satyrium and Rhymnaria/Neolycaena species. Above left has a blue spot on its underside hind wing but the white and black line is not the same shape as the related Blue Spot Hairstreak. The Hairstreak-type butterfly above right was feeding on the same flowers beside the others but has a different set of white markings.

The range of the related Blue Spot Hairstreak (S. spini) is from Turkey and the Middle East to western Kazakhstan. The Hairstreaks on this page were photographed in south-eastern Kazakhstan.