LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • PARALASA Moore, 1893

    
    

    • Paralasa hades (Staudinger, 1882)

Paralasa hades (Staudinger, 1882)

· TYPE LOCALITY. "Alai-Gebirge; ...Provinz Samarkand" [Iordan, Alaisky Mts., Kirghizia].

· RANGE. Ghissar, Alai, Darvaz.

· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. The nominate subspecies inhabits Alai; ssp. maida Churkin et Tuzov, in press - Ghissar; and ssp. yaktchashma Churkin et Tuzov, in press - Darvaz. The infrasubspecific form erebus (Grum-Grshimailo, 1889) was described from Pass Kyzyl-Art in the east of the Zaalaisky Mts.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Edges of screes at 2,800-3,900 m a.s.l. Flight period: July-August.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. P. nero: apex of FW sharpened, eye-spot round with a single white pupil, white dots on UNH greatly reduced or absent.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997