Pseudochazara schahrudensis explained

Pseudochazara schahrudensis or Shahrud grayling is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.^[1] It is confined to Bitlis, Hakkari, Van, Şırnak in Turkey; to the Caucasus to the eastern Alborz.

Habitat

In Armenia the species occupies dry clayey and stony habitats including semi-deserts and mountain steppes at 1000–2500 metres above sea level.^[2]

Flight period

The species is univoltine and is on wing from June to September.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

• Pseudochazara schahrudensis schahrudensis Turkey, Armenia, and Dagestan
• Pseudochazara schahrudensis nukatli (Bogdanov, 2000) Verkhny (near) Gunib. Nukatl' Mts – Dagestan

External links

• Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - Pseudochazara schahrudensis

Notes and References

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