Description in Seitz
''S. beroe'' Frr. (43 g). Recalling '' pelopea'' in pattern, but the ground-colour much lighter, being glossy dust-grey, the distal band dull wax-yellow, with 2 rather large dark ocelli on the forewing. Costal margin and fringes of a whitish silky gloss. Hindwing beneath yellowish grey- brown, with a dirty white band beyond the middle. — In ab. ''rhena'' H.-Schiff. the band is more or less tinged with reddish yellow distally, and in ab. ''aurantiaca'' Stgr. (43 g, 44 a) the bands are entirely orange-yellow. — In Asia Minor, occurring more singly, from June till August. Seitz in Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, ''Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter'', 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)Flight period
The species is univoltine and on wing from mid-June to August.Food plants
Larvae feed on grasses.Subspecies
*''Pseudochazara beroe beroe'' *''Pseudochazara aurantiaca'' (Staudinger, 1871) (Kopet-Dagh) *''Pseudochazara rhena'' (Herrich-Schäffer, 1852) (Armenian Highland)References
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