Pseudochazara orestes

Pseudochazara orestes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species: P. orestes
Binomial name
Pseudochazara orestes
de Prins and Van der Poorten, 1981

Pseudochazara orestes (de Prins and Van der Poorten 1981) is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is confined to Phalakron massif, Menikion Mts, Mt. Orvilos – Greece; South Pirin Mts. precisely on the Southern slopes of the Gradishte Hill – SW Bulgaria.

Flight Period

Univoltime from mid June to late July.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

External links

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