LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • PSEUDOCHAZARA de Lesse, 1951

    
    

    • Pseudochazara guriensis (Staudinger, 1878)

Pseudochazara guriensis (Staudinger, 1878)

· TYPE LOCALITY. "Abbastuman, Achalzich" [Guri near Akhaltsikhe, Meskhetian Mts., Georgia].

· SYNONYMS: rjabovi (Sheljuzhko, 1935); tshetverikovi (Sheljuzhko, 1935); olga (Gerhard, 1882).

· RANGE. The Caucasus Major and Minor.

· TAXONOMIC NOTES. The interrelations between this species and P. alpina are not quite clear yet. There are different views, up to regarding these taxa as conspecific. A lot of material must be examined to arrive at a final conclusion.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Stony slopes at 1,000-2,400 m a.s.l. Flight period: July-September.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. P. alpina: UNH with a brown monotonous linear pattern and a more or less well-developed postdiscal band.

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