Pseudochazara mamurra explained

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.

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 mamurra (Turkey)
• Pseudochazara mamurra amymone Brown, 1976 - Brown's grayling (Greece and Albania)
• Pseudochazara mamurra birgit Gross, 1978 (Turkey)

Pseudochazara mamurra amymone is alternatively treated as a full species.

Gallery

Image:Pseudochazara_amymone.jpg|Pseudochazara mamurra amymoneImage:Pseudochazara_amymone_upper_and_under.jpg|Pseudochazara mamurra amymone upperside and undersideImage:Pseudochazara_amymone_variation.jpg|Pseudochazara mamurra amymone variationImage:Pseudochazara_amymone_copula.jpg|Pseudochazara mamurra amymone matingImage:Pseudochazara amymone caught by a crab spider.jpg|Pseudochazara mamurra amymone caught by a crab spider

References

• Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - Pseudochazara mamurra

Notes and References

1. http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/satyrinae/pseudochazara/ "Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1951"