LEPIDOPTERA

Carcharodus dravira (Moore, 1874)
Carcharodus dravira (Moore, 1874)

• TYPE LOCALITY. . "Cashmere" [Kashmir, N. India].

• SYNONYMS: balucha Evans, 1932; dentatus Albert!, 1940.

• RANGE. Central Asia from N. Iran to Pakistan and N. India.

• DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. Mountains of Middle Asia (Kopet-Dagh, Baisun-Tau, Ghissar, Darvaz, the W. Pamirs). Variation can hardly be traced due to insufficient material.

• HABITATS AND BIOLOGY. Xerothermic habitats (dry flood beds, sunny slopes) at foothills and in the mountains from 500 to 3,000 m a.s.l. Flight period: April-September, presumably in several generations depending on local conditions

• SIMILAR SPECIES. C. alceae: male lacking a UNF hair tuft. C. flocciferus, C. orientalis, C. stauderi: genitalia different (Fig.).

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997

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Fig. Male genitalia of some Carcharodus (right clasp and aedeagus): 1 - C. flocciferus (Armenia); 2 - C. orientalis (Talysh); 3 - C. stauderi (Nakhichevan); 4 - C. dravira (W. Kopet-Dagh Mts.)