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Pseudochazara mamurra

Pseudochazara mamurra, the buff Asian grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. 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

The species is univoltine and is on wing from June to August.

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

  • Pseudochazara mamurra mamurra (Turkey)
  • Pseudochazara mamurra amymone <small>Brown, 1976</small> - Brown's grayling (Greece and Albania)
  • Pseudochazara mamurra birgit <small>Gross, 1978</small> (Turkey)

Pseudochazara mamurra amymone is alternatively treated as a full species.

Gallery

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