Pseudochazara alpina
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species:
P. alpina
Binomial name
Pseudochazara alpina
(Staudinger, 1878)
Synonyms
  • Satyrus pelopea var. alpina Staudinger, 1878

Pseudochazara alpina is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is confined to the Caucasus in Dagestan.

Flight period

The species is univoltine, being on wing from July to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

  • Pseudochazara alpina alpina
  • Pseudochazara alpina guriensis (Staudinger, 1878) Akhaltsikhe, Georgia
  • Pseudochazara alpina rjabovi (Sheljuzhko, 1935) Untsukul - Chirkata pass, Dagestan

References

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