Chazara persephone

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Chazara persephone
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Chazara
Species: C. persephone
Binomial name
Chazara persephone
(Hubner, [1805])
Synonyms
  • Eumenis persephone Hübner, [1805]
  • Papilio anthe Ochsenheimer, 1807
  • Chazara caucasica Nordmann, 1851
  • Satyrus hanifa Herrich-Schäffer, [1850]

The Dark Rockbrown (Chazara persephone) is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Crimea across the Caucasus and north of the Middle East to Iran; from the southern Urals across Kazakhstan to the southern Altai and west Siberia.

The wingspan is 45–60 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August.

Subspecies

  • Chazara persephone persephone
  • Chazara persephone transies Zerny, 1932 (Armenian Highland, Talysh)
  • Chazara persephone pseudoenervata Lukhtanov, 1999 (southern Altai)

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