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Pseudochazara panjshira

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pseudochazara

Pseudochazara panjshira

Pseudochazara panjshira is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is confined to Kopet-Dagh to Hindu Kush and Alai. The habitat consists of dry stony slopes at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 3,500 meters.

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Flight Period

Univoltine from July to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

  • Pseudochazara panjshira panjshira
  • Pseudochazara panjshira kopetdaghi Dubatolov, 1989 (Kopet-Dagh)
  • Pseudochazara panjshira badachshana Wyatt & Omoto, 1966 (Alai, Pamirs)
  • References

    Pseudochazara panjshira Wikipedia