Pseudochazara schahrudensis or Shahrud grayling is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1] It is confined to Bitlis, Hakkari, Van, Şırnak in Turkey; to the Caucasus to the eastern Alborz.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochazara |
| Species: | P. schahrudensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Pseudochazara schahrudensis (Staudinger, 1881)
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Habitat edit
In Armenia the species occupies dry clayey and stony habitats including semi-deserts and mountain steppes at 1000–2500 metres above sea level.[2]
Flight period edit
The species is univoltine and is on wing from June to September.
Food plants edit
Larvae feed on grasses.
Subspecies edit
References edit
- ^ "Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ "Pseudochazara schahrudensis".
External links edit