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Chazara persephone

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Chazara

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Similar
  
Plebejus subsolanus, Colias thisoa, Colias caucasica, Sephisa dichroa, Anthocharis damone

Chazara persephone, the dark rockbrown, 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)
  • References

    Chazara persephone Wikipedia