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Pseudochazara mamurra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pseudochazara

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Similar
  
Pseudochazara mniszechii, Pseudochazara pelopea, Pseudochazara beroe, Pseudochazara, Pseudochazara lydia

Pseudochazara mamurra, the buff Asian grayling, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is confined to Albania, Greece, and Turkey. The habitat consists of slopes in steep river valleys.

Contents

It is a very variable species.

Flight period

Univoltine from June to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

  • Pseudochazara mamurra mamurra (Turkey)
  • Pseudochazara mamurra amymone Brown, 1976 -Brown’s grayling (Greece and Albania)
  • Pseudochazara mamurra birgit Gross, 1978 (Turkey)
  • Pseudochazara mamurra amymone is alternatively treated as a full species.

    References

    Pseudochazara mamurra Wikipedia