Pseudochazara anthelea

Pseudochazara anthelea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species: P. anthelea
Binomial name
Pseudochazara anthelea
(Hübner, 1825)

Pseudochazara anthelea is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and N. Iraq. The males can be easily distinguished from the females by the white base and are found in dry, stony slopes and gullies, usually on limestone.

Subspecies

There is 1 subspecies of Pseudochazara anthelea:

This subspecies is localised in Crete, Greece and in Struma valley, Bulgaria.

Flight Period

Univoltime, late May to early July, depending on altitude and locality.

Food plants

Larvae have been reared on grasses.

Sources


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