''Pseudochazara thelephassa'', the Baluchi rockbrown, is a species of
butterfly in the family
Nymphalidae.
"''Pseudochazara'' de Lesse, 1951"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' It is found in Turkey ( Adana, Adıyaman, Bingöl, Diyarbakır, Elazığ, Gaziantep, Hakkari Hakkari or Hakkâri may refer to:
*Hakkari (historical region), a historical region in modern-day Turkey and Iraq
*Hakkâri (city), a city and the capital of Hakkâri Province, Turkey
*Hakkâri Province
Hakkâri Province (, tr, Hakkâri ili, ...
, Hatay, İzmir, Kars
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, Malatya, Kahramanmaraş
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, Mardin
Mardin ( ku, Mêrdîn; ar, ماردين; syr, ܡܪܕܝܢ, Merdīn; hy, Մարդին) is a city in southeastern Turkey. The capital of Mardin Province, it is known for the Artuqid architecture of its old city, and for its strategic location on ...
, Nevşehir, Siirt, Tunceli, Urfa, Şırnak, Iğdır) to Asia Minor across Iran, Iraq, Transcaucasia and Kopet-Dagh to Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Flight period
The species is univoltine and is on wing from April to July.
Food plants
Larvae feed on grasses.
References
Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic - ''Pseudochazara thelephassa''
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Pseudochazara
Butterflies described in 1827