Pseudochazara mamurra
Species of butterfly
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Pseudochazara mamurra, the buff Asian grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is confined to Albania, Greece, and Turkey. The habitat consists of slopes in steep river valleys.
| Buff Asian grayling | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochazara |
| Species: | P. mamurra |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochazara mamurra (Herrich-Schäffer 1852) | |
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It is a very variable species.
Flight period
The species is univoltine and is on wing from June to August.
Food plants
Larvae feed on grasses.
Subspecies
Gallery
Pseudochazara mamurra amymone
Pseudochazara mamurra amymone upperside and underside
Pseudochazara mamurra amymone variation
Pseudochazara mamurra amymone mating
Pseudochazara mamurra amymone caught by a crab spider
