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Pseudochazara pelopea

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nymphalidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Pseudochazara

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Similar
  
Pseudochazara beroe, Pseudochazara mamurra, Pseudochazara lydia, Pyrgus melotis, Pseudochazara mniszechii

Pseudochazara pelopea (Klug, 1832) is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is confined to Lebanon, Turkey, the Caucasus, Syria, Turkmenistan and Kopet-Dagh.

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Flight period

Univoltime from June to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

  • Pseudochazara pelopea pelopea
  • Pseudochazara pelopea persica (Christoph, 1877) the Caucasus Major and Minor, the Armenian Highland and Talysh; Adana, Adıyaman, Ağrı, Bingöl, Bitlis, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Erzurum, Gaziantep, Gümüşhane, Hakkari, Kars, Kayseri, Malatya, Maraş, Mardin, Muş, Rize, Siirt, Sivas, Tunceli, Urfa, Van, Şırnak, Iğdır – Turkey
  • Pseudochazara pelopea tekkensis (Heyne, [1895]) Kopet Dagh - Turkmenistan/Iran border

    • References

    Pseudochazara pelopea Wikipedia
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