Biology:Pseudochazara orestes

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Short description: Species of butterfly


Dils' grayling
Pseudochazara orestes.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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, 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.

Flight period

The species is univoltine and is on wing from mid-June to late July.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

References

  1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Verovnik, R.; Wiemers, M.; López Munguira, M.; Maes, D.; Sasic, M.; Verstrael, T. et al. (2010). "Pseudochazara orestes". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T173302A6987579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T173302A6987579.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/173302/6987579. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. "Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q3348708 entry