Chazara | |
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Chazara briseis female and male | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Subtribe: | Satyrina |
Genus: | Chazara Moore, [1893] |
Species | |
Numerous, see text | |
Synonyms | |
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Chazara is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae of the brush-footed butterfly family (Nymphalidae). The most well-known is the hermit butterfly ( C. briseis ). C. briseis can be found as far west as Morocco and as far eastward as Mongolia. They inhabit the Tian Shan mountain range of Central Asia, also known as the Celestial Mountains, which are fabled in Daoist literature as the place where the Goddess of the West attends to the Peaches of Immortality.
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae. They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known diversity of brush-footed butterflies. The true number of the Satyrinae species is estimated to exceed 2,400.
A hermit is a person who lives in seclusion from society.
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Chazara briseis, the hermit, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in North Africa, southern Europe, Asia Minor, the Caucasus, Kazakhstan, Central Asia through Afghanistan, and north-western China and Tuva. It is found on steppe and in other dry grassy places between 500 and 2,500 meters.
Chazara prieuri, the southern hermit, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in Morocco and Spain.
Chazara rangontavica is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to the mountains surrounding the South-Tajik Depression, namely the Tabakchi and Rangontau mountains.
Chazara egina, the Anatolian witch, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in Turkey and Iran.
Chazara heydenreichi is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Hindu Kush and the W. Himalaya across Middle Asia and Kazakhstan to the S. Altai.
Chazara staudingeri is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from the Pamirs-Altai to Inner Tian-Shan.
Chazara bischoffii, the orange hermit, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Turkey, through Armenia, Iran, Azerbaijan and southern Transcaucasia.
Chazara persephone, the dark rockbrown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Crimea across the Caucasus and north of the Middle East to Iran; from the southern Urals across Kazakhstan to the southern Altai and west Siberia.
Chazara kaufmanni is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Kopet-Dagh to Dzhungarsky Alatau.
Chazara enervata is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Kopet-Dagh across Iran and Afghanistan to Pakistan and across the Pamir-Alay to E. Tian-Shan and the S. Altai.
Chazara eitschbergeri is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Tienshan, Issyk-Kul region, Terskey-Alatoo, Kadzhi-Sai.