| Pseudochazara kanishka | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochazara |
| Species: | P. kanishka |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochazara kanishka (Aussem, 1980) | |
Pseudochazara kanishka is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. [1] It is confined to northern Afghanistan and southern Tajikistan.
The species is univoltine and is on wing from June to August.
Larvae feed on grasses.
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Pseudochazara geyeri, the Grey Asian grayling is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to Albania, Greece, North Macedonia, eastern Turkey and south-western Transcaucasia.
Pseudochazara graeca is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. In Greece it is confined to Mount Parnassus, Mount Olympus, Mount D'rfis, Mount Chelmos, Mount Panakhaikon, Mount Menalon, Mount Mainalo, Mount Taygetus and Katara Pass in the Pindus Mountains. In North Macedonia it is found on Pelister.
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Pseudochazara orestes, the Dils' grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to Phalakron massif, Menikion mountains, Mount Orvilos – Greece; South Pirin mountains, precisely on the southern slopes of the Gradishte Hill in south-western Bulgaria.
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Kanishka was the emperor of the Kushan dynasty.