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Pseudochazara mamurra (Herrich-Schäffer, 1846) Brown’s Grayling
L1 Larva L2 Larva and L1 moult.

A species of mountains, resembling P. pelopea, and
overlooked until described from the Levant by the Turkish
researcher Ahmet Koçak (Koçak, 1978). Differs from P.
pelopea in the following characters: Ļ P. m. birgit
‡ ,Q P. mamurra the hindwing margin is less serrated
than in P. pelopea.
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P. mamurra are 25% longer and three times wider than HJJ 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1 1 1 1 1 1 12 Fully grown L2 Larva Overwintrring L5,
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pupa

P. m. larseni is rated (CR) critically endangered in the
Israeli Red List of butterflies (Renan et al., 2022 (in
prep.)).
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Turkey: eggs are laid on the hostplant, are 0.9 mm in © Dubi Benyamini © Dubi Benyamini
height, white, barrel-shaped with conical top and have 20 Jordan, Gawr as-Safi, -360 m (bsl) 18.4.1998
vertical ribs. The larva hatches after about 10 days and L5 after 3-4 overwintering months 2
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has long white hairs, wide brown stripes on the sides and
a narrow reddish-brown dorsal stripe. The head is brown
and the 'tails', white. The larva enters diapause until the
spring thaw induces new growth of the hostplants. The
mature larva is brown with darker brown spots on the
sides; the sides of the body are light red-grey. The larvae © Dubi Benyamini
are nocturnal feeders, pupating below ground without the P. m. larseni
use of silk. The pupa is 17 mm long. Adults eclose after a
month (Hesselbarth et al., 1995(2): 951).
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P. m. larseni
TL: Mt. Ararat (Turkey). The species’ distribution ranges
from Greece to Caucasia, Armenia, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, © Dubi Benyamini © Dubi Benyamini © Dubi Benyamini
Israel (Hermon), (absent from Cyprus, Jordan and Sinai),
Iran, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan. Ex aestivating L5, 1
18 July - 20 Oct. 2014
The Levant subspecies are:
Pseudochazara mamurra larseni Koçak, 1978; TL: ?–
Syria, Lebanon and Israel (Hermon).
Pseudochazara mamurra brigit Gross, 1978. T.L. “Ziyaret
Geçidi, westlich Gürün, Province Sivas” - Antalya to the
northern fringes of the Levant in Mercin, Adana, Osmaniye
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