Pseudochazara schahrudensis

Pseudochazara schahrudensis or Shahrud grayling is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to Bitlis, Hakkari, Van, Şırnak in Turkey; to the Caucasus to the eastern Alborz.

Habitat
In Armenia the species occupies dry clayey and stony habitats including semi-deserts and mountain steppes at 1000–2500 metres above sea level.

Flight period
The species is univoltine and is on wing from June to September.

Food plants
Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

 * Pseudochazara schahrudensis schahrudensis Turkey, Armenia, and Dagestan
 * Pseudochazara schahrudensis nukatli (Bogdanov, 2000) Verkhny (near) Gunib. Nukatl' Mts – Dagestan