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Pseudochazara Watsoni
''Pseudochazara watsoni'' is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to Kotal Pass, Khuskak village, central Afghanistan. Flight period The species is univoltine and is on wing from July to August. Food plants Larvae feed on grasses. External links Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - ''Pseudochazara watsoni'' {{Taxonbar, from=Q7254634 Pseudochazara Butterflies described in 1956 Butterflies of Asia ...
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Butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily (zoology), superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, as like most insects they undergo Holometabolism, complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs o ...
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Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called brush-footed butterflies or four-footed butterflies, because they are known to stand on only four legs while the other two are curled up; in some species, these forelegs have a brush-like set of hairs, which gives this family its other common name. Many species are brightly coloured and include popular species such as the emperors, monarch butterfly, admirals, tortoiseshells, and fritillaries. However, the under wings are, in contrast, often dull and in some species look remarkably like dead leaves, or are much paler, producing a cryptic effect that helps the butterflies blend into their surroundings. Nomenclature Rafinesque introduced ...
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Afghanistan
Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan,; prs, امارت اسلامی افغانستان is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia. Referred to as the Heart of Asia, it is bordered by Pakistan to the Durand Line, east and south, Iran to the Afghanistan–Iran border, west, Turkmenistan to the Afghanistan–Turkmenistan border, northwest, Uzbekistan to the Afghanistan–Uzbekistan border, north, Tajikistan to the Afghanistan–Tajikistan border, northeast, and China to the Afghanistan–China border, northeast and east. Occupying of land, the country is predominantly mountainous with plains Afghan Turkestan, in the north and Sistan Basin, the southwest, which are separated by the Hindu Kush mountain range. , Demographics of Afghanistan, its population is 40.2 million (officially estimated to be 32.9 million), composed mostly of ethnic Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, and Uzbeks. Kabul is the country's largest city and ser ...
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Univoltine
Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is most often applied to insects, and is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism. * Univoltine (monovoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having one brood or generation per year * Bivoltine (divoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having two broods or generations per year *Trivoltine – (adjective) referring to organisms having three broods or generations per year * Multivoltine (polyvoltine) – (adjective) referring to organisms having more than two broods or generations per year * Semivoltine – There are two meanings: :* (''biology'') Less than univoltine; having a brood or generation less often than once per year :* or (adjective) referring to organisms whose generation time is more than one year. Examples The speckled wood butterfly is univoltine in the northern part of its range, e.g. north ...
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Pseudochazara
''Pseudochazara'' is a genus of butterflies within the family Nymphalidae. Species * ''Pseudochazara alpina'' (Staudinger, 1878) * '' Pseudochazara amalthea'' (Frivaldsky, 1845) * '' Pseudochazara anthelea'' (Hübner, 823-1824 * '' Pseudochazara atlantis'' (Austaut, 1905) * '' Pseudochazara baldiva'' (Moore, 1865) * ''Pseudochazara beroe'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 844 * '' Pseudochazara cingovskii'' Gross, 1973 * ''Pseudochazara daghestana'' Holik, 1955 * ''Pseudochazara droshica'' (Tytler, 1926) * ''Pseudochazara euxina'' (Kuznetsov, 1909) * '' Pseudochazara geyeri'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 846 * '' Pseudochazara gilgitica'' (Tytler, 1926) * ''Pseudochazara graeca'' (Staudinger, 1870) * ''Pseudochazara hippolyte'' (Esper, 1783) * '' Pseudochazara kanishka'' Aussem, 1980 * '' Pseudochazara lydia'' (Staudinger, 1878) * ''Pseudochazara mamurra'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 846 * '' Pseudochazara mniszechii'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 851 * '' Pseudochazara orestes'' de Prins & Poorten, 1981 * ''Pseudocha ...
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Butterflies Described In 1956
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises the large superfamily Papilionoidea, which contains at least one former group, the skippers (formerly the superfamily "Hesperioidea"), and the most recent analyses suggest it also contains the moth-butterflies (formerly the superfamily "Hedyloidea"). Butterfly fossils date to the Paleocene, about 56 million years ago. Butterflies have a four-stage life cycle, as like most insects they undergo complete metamorphosis. Winged adults lay eggs on the food plant on which their larvae, known as caterpillars, will feed. The caterpillars grow, sometimes very rapidly, and when fully developed, pupate in a chrysalis. When metamorphosis is complete, the pupal skin splits, the adult insect climbs out, and after its wings have expanded and dried, ...
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