Pseudochazara orestes

Dils’ grayling
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 (Dils' grayling) 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

Univoltine 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.; Warren, M.; Settele, J. (2010). "Pseudochazara orestes". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T173302A6987579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T173302A6987579.en. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
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