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Pseudochazara schahrudensis

Pseudochazara schahrudensis
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species: P. schahrudensis
Binomial name
Pseudochazara schahrudensis
(Staudinger, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Satyrus pelopea schahrudensis Staudinger, 1881

Pseudochazara schahrudensis is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is confined to Bitlis, Hakkari, Van, Şırnak in Turkey; to the Caucasus to the eastern Alborz.

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

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

Larvae feed on grasses.



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