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Pseudochazara graeca

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pseudochazara

Pseudochazara graeca

Similar
  
Pseudochazara orestes, Pseudochazara anthelea, Pseudochazara cingovskii, Pseudochazara williamsi, Pseudochazara mniszechii

Pseudochazara graeca (Staudinger, 1870) is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is confined to Mt. Parnassos, Mt. Olympus, Mt. D’rfis, Mt. Chelmos, Mt. Panakhaikon, Mt. Menalon, Mt. Mainalo, Mt. Taygetus, North Pindos Mts (Katara Pass) - Greece, Pelister massive - Macedonia.

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Flight Period

Univoltime from mid July to late August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

  • Pseudochazara graeca graeca Mt. Parnassos, Mt. Timfrstos
  • Pseudochazara graeca apollo (Gross, 1978) Mt. Chelmos
  • Pseudochazara graeca coutsis (Brown, 1977) Smolikas massiv. Timfi Mts. and Katara Pass
  • Pseudochazara graeca pelops (Gross, 1978) Mt. Taygetus

    • References

    Pseudochazara graeca Wikipedia
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