Pseudochazara anthelea is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey and N. Iraq. The males can be easily distinguished from the females by the white base and are found in dry, stony slopes and gullies, usually on limestone.

Subspecies

There is 1 subspecies of Pseudochazara anthelea:

• ssp. amalthea Frivaldsky 1845

This subspecies is localised in Crete, Greece and in Struma valley, Bulgaria.

Flight Period

Univoltime

Voltinism

Voltinism is a term used in biology to indicate the number of broods or generations of an organism in a year. The term is particularly in use in sericulture, where silkworm varieties vary in their voltinism....

, late May to early July, depending on altitude and locality.

Source

• Species info
• Pseudochazara at funet
• Butterflies of Europe, Tom Tolman, 1997, Princeton University Press