Pseudochazara turkestana explained

Pseudochazara turkestana is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.^[1] It is confined to Afghanistan through the mountains of Middle Asia to the south-west Altai.

Flight period

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

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

• Pseudochazara turkestana turkestana Afghanistan
• Pseudochazara turkestana esquilinus (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Alay Mountains
• Pseudochazara turkestana sagina (Ruhl, [1894]) Tajikistan, Ghissar, southern Ghissar, Darvaz, the western Pamirs
• Pseudochazara turkestana tarbagata (Staudinger, 1901) Dzhungarsky Alatau, Saur and Tarbagatai, Kazakhstan, the south-west Altai

References

• Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - Pseudochazara turkestana

Notes and References

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