Pseudochazara panjshira

Pseudochazara panjshira is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is confined to Kopet-Dagh, the Hindu Kush and Alai. The habitat consists of dry stony slopes at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 3,500 meters.

Pseudochazara panjshira
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species:
P. panjshira
Binomial name
Pseudochazara panjshira
Wyatt & Omoto, 1966

Flight period

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

Food plants

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Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

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  • Pseudochazara panjshira panjshira
  • Pseudochazara panjshira kopetdaghi Dubatolov, 1989 (Kopet-Dagh)
  • Pseudochazara panjshira badachshana Wyatt & Omoto, 1966 (Alai, Pamirs)

References

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