Pseudochazara turkestana

Pseudochazara turkestana is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is confined to Afghanistan through the mountains of Middle Asia to the south-west Altai.

Pseudochazara turkestana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species:
P. turkestana
Binomial name
Pseudochazara turkestana
Synonyms
  • Satyrus lehana var. turkestana Grum-Grshimailo, 1893

Flight period

The species is univoltine and is on wing from June to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

References

  1. "Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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