Pseudochazara panjshira
| Pseudochazara panjshira | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochazara |
| Species: | P. panjshira
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochazara panjshira Wyatt & Omoto, 1966
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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[edit]
The species is univoltine and is on wing from July to August.
Food plants[edit]
Larvae feed on grasses.
Subspecies[edit]
- Pseudochazara panjshira panjshira
- Pseudochazara panjshira kopetdaghi Dubatolov, 1989 (Kopet-Dagh)
- Pseudochazara panjshira badachshana Wyatt & Omoto, 1966 (Alai, Pamirs)
References[edit]
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- ^ "Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms