Chazara persephone
| Chazara persephone | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Tribe: | Satyrini |
| Genus: | Chazara |
| Species: | C. persephone |
| Binomial name | |
| Chazara persephone (Hubner, [1805]) | |
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The Dark Rockbrown (Chazara persephone) is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found from Crimea across the Caucasus and north of the Middle East to Iran; from the southern Urals across Kazakhstan to the southern Altai and west Siberia.
The wingspan is 45–60 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August.
Subspecies
- Chazara persephone persephone
- Chazara persephone transies Zerny, 1932 (Armenian Highland, Talysh)
- Chazara persephone pseudoenervata Lukhtanov, 1999 (southern Altai)
External links
- Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - Chazara persephone
- The Butterflies Monitoring & Photography Society of Turkey
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