Pseudochazara turkestana

Pseudochazara turkestana is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is confined to Afghanistan through the mountains of Middle Asia to the south-west Altai.

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

Food plants
Larvae feed on grasses.

Subspecies

 * Pseudochazara turkestana turkestana Afghanistan
 * Pseudochazara turkestana esquilinus (Fruhstorfer, 1911) Alay Mountains
 * Pseudochazara turkestana sagina (Ruhl, [1894]) Tajikistan, Ghissar, southern Ghissar, Darvaz, the western Pamirs
 * Pseudochazara turkestana tarbagata (Staudinger, 1901) Dzhungarsky Alatau, Saur and Tarbagatai, Kazakhstan, the south-west Altai