''Pseudochazara graeca'' is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. In Greece it is confined to Mount Parnassus, Mount Olympus, Mount D'rfis, Mount Chelmos, Mount Panakhaikon, Mount Menalon, Mount Mainalo, Mount Taygetus and Katara Pass in the

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. In North Macedonia it is found on Pelister.

Description

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Flight period

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

Food plants

Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

*''Pseudochazara graeca graeca'' Mount Parnassos, Mount Timfrstos *''Pseudochazara graeca apollo'' (Gross, 1978) Mount Chelmos *''Pseudochazara graeca coutsis'' (Brown, 1977) Mount Smolikas, Timfi Mountains and Katara Pass *''Pseudochazara graeca pelops'' (Gross, 1978) Mount Taygetus

References

Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - ''Pseudochazara graeca''
{{Taxonbar, from=Q3348709 Pseudochazara Butterflies described in 1870 Butterflies of Europe Taxa named by Otto Staudinger