Pseudochazara pelopea
Pseudochazara pelopea is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is confined to Lebanon, Turkey, the Caucasus, Syria, Turkmenistan and Kopet-Dagh.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochazara |
| Species: | P. pelopea |
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| Pseudochazara pelopea (Klug, 1832) | |
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Flight period
The species is univoltine and is on wing 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 de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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