Pseudochazara amalthea is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.[1] It can be found in Greece, the Balkans, Crete and Bulgaria in the Struma Valley south of the Kresna Gorge.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Pseudochazara |
| Species: | P. amalthea
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| Pseudochazara amalthea (Frivaldsky, 1845)
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The wingspan is 45–65 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August.
Taxonomy
editThe species is often treated as a subspecies of Pseudochazara anthelea.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Pseudochazara de Lesse, 1951" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Fauna Europaea
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