Pseudochazara mamurra

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Buff Asian grayling
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species:
P. mamurra
Binomial name
Pseudochazara mamurra
Synonyms
  • Satyrus mamurraHerrich-Schäffer, [1846]
  • Pseudochazara amymoneBrown, 1976

Pseudochazara mamurra, the buff Asian grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. [1] It is confined to Albania, Greece, and Turkey. The habitat consists of slopes in steep river valleys.

Contents

It is a very variable species.

Flight period

The species is univoltine and is on wing from June to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

Pseudochazara mamurra amymone is alternatively treated as a full species.

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References

  1. "Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms