Pseudochazara alpina
Pseudochazara alpina is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is confined to the Caucasus in Dagestan.
| Pseudochazara alpina | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochazara |
| Species: | P. alpina |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochazara alpina (Staudinger, 1878) | |
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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
- "Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
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