Pseudochazara gilgitica

Pseudochazara gilgitica is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to the north-western Himalayas and the west of the Hindu Kush to the west of the Pamirs.

Pseudochazara gilgitica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Pseudochazara
Species:
P. gilgitica
Binomial name
Pseudochazara gilgitica
(Tytler, 1926)
Synonyms
  • Eumenis lehana gilgitica Tytler, 1926
  • Pseudochazara pakistana Gross, 1978

Flight period

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

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

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