Pseudochazara panjshira explained

Pseudochazara panjshira is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.^[1] It is confined to Kopet-Dagh, the Hindu Kush and Alai. The habitat consists of dry stony slopes at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 3,500 meters.

Flight period

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

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

• Pseudochazara panjshira panjshira
• Pseudochazara panjshira kopetdaghi Dubatolov, 1989 (Kopet-Dagh)
• Pseudochazara panjshira badachshana Wyatt & Omoto, 1966 (Alai, Pamirs)

References

• Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - Pseudochazara panjshira

Notes and References

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