Pseudochazara orestes
Species of butterfly
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Pseudochazara orestes, the Dils' grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2] It is confined to Phalakron massif, Menikion mountains, Mount Orvilos – Greece; South Pirin mountains, precisely on the southern slopes of the Gradishte Hill in south-western Bulgaria.
| Dils' grayling | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochazara |
| Species: | P. orestes |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochazara orestes de Prins and Van der Poorten, 1981 | |
Flight period
The species is univoltine and is on wing from mid-June to late July.
Food plants
Larvae feed on grasses.