Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic

Pseudochazara mniszechii (Herrich-Schaffer, [1851])

Type locality: "Von Tokat in Kleinasien" .[Central Turkey].

Range: From Greece, Turkey, North of Iran, Balochistan and the Caucasus.

Habitat: Dry clayey-stony slopes at 1,000 - 2,200 mtrs.

Flight Period: end June to mid September.

Subspecies:

ssp. caucasica (Lederer, 1864) – Erzincan, Erzurum, Gumushane, Kars, Tunceli and Bayburt, Ardahan - Turkey (also seen in Transcaucasia); Georgia

ssp. mniszechii (Herrich-Schaffer, [1851]) – Adana, Afyon, Amasya Ankara, Antalya, Bilecik, Bolu, Burdur, Çorum, Denizli, Elazığ, Erzincan, Erzurum, Eskişehir, Giresun, Isparta, İçel, Kastamonu, Kayseri, Kırşehir, Konya, Kütahya, Malatya, Maraş, Muğla, Nevşehir, Niğde, Sivas, Tokat, Tunceli, Yozgat, Aksaray, Karaman, Kırıkkale – Turkey;

Pseudochazara mniszechii caucasica

ssp. caucasica

Pseudochazara mniszechii mniszechii

 ssp. mniszechii

Pseudochazara mniszechii caucasica

ssp. caucasica

Pseudochazara mniszechii mniszechii

ssp. mniszechii

Pseudochazara mniszechii

Pseudochazara mniszechii caucasica habitat - photo copyright © Valentin Tikhonov

22.08.2013, GEORGIA, Vardzia 1200m above sea level.
Pseudochazara mniszechii

 Pseudochazara mniszechii caucasica habitat - photo copyright © Valentin Tikhonov

22.08.2013, GEORGIA, Vardzia 1200m above sea level.
Pseudochazara mniszechii

 Pseudochazara mniszechii caucasica female - photo copyright © Valentin Tikhonov

22.08.2013, GEORGIA, Vardzia 1200m above sea level.
Pseudochazara mniszechii

 Pseudochazara mniszechii caucasica male & female - photo copyright © Valentin Tikhonov

22.08.2013, GEORGIA, Vardzia 1200m above sea level.
Pseudochazara mniszechii

 Pseudochazara mniszechii caucasica male & female - photo copyright © Valentin Tikhonov

22.08.2013, GEORGIA, Vardzia 1200m above sea level.
 
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