Pseudochazara mamurra

Pseudochazara mamurra
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species: P. mamurra
Binomial name
Pseudochazara mamurra
(Herrich-Schäffer 1852)
Synonyms
  • Satyrus mamurra Herrich-Schäffer, [1846]
  • Pseudochazara amymone Brown, 1976

Pseudochazara mamurra, the Buff Asian Grayling, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is confined to Albania, Greece, and Turkey. The habitat consists of slopes in steep river valleys.

It is a very variable species.

Flight Period

Univoltime from June to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

Pseudochazara mamurra amymone is alternatively treated as a full species.

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