Pseudochazara turkestana

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

Pseudochazara turkestana (Grum-Grshimailo, 1893) is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is confined to Afghanistan through the mountains of Middle Asia to the SW. Altai.

Flight Period

Univoltime from June to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

  • Pseudochazara turkestana turkestana Afghanistan
  • Pseudochazara turkestana esquilinus (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Alay Mountains
  • Pseudochazara turkestana sagina (Ruhl, [1894]) Tajikistan, Ghissar, S. Ghissar, Darvaz, the W. Pamirs
  • Pseudochazara turkestana tarbagata (Staudinger, 1901) Dzhungarsky Alatau, Saur and Tarbagatai, Kazakhstan, the SW. Altai

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