LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • PARALASA Moore, 1893

    
    

    • Paralasa jordana (Staudinger, 1882)

Paralasa jordana (Staudinger, 1882)

· TYPE LOCALITY. "...Alai Gebirge, in der Nahe des Dorfes Jordan" [Iordan, Alaisky Mts., Kirghizia].

· RANGE. From central and Inner Tian-Shan across Ghissar-Alai to NE. Afghanistan and the E. Pamirs.

· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. A relatively widely distributed species forming a number of well-defined subspecies:

ssp. jordana (Staudinger, 1882) - the Alaisky Mts. (northern slopes);

ssp. roxana (Grum-Grshimailo), 1887 (= fasciata Staudinger, 1887, nom. praeoccup.) - the Alaisky Mts. (southern slopes), the Zaalaisky Mts.;

ssp. subocellata Staudinger, 1901 - Darvaz;

ssp. shachristana (J.L. et J.J. Shchetkin, 1991) - Ghissar;

ssp. summa (Avinov, 1910) - the E. Pamirs;

ssp. helios (O. Bang-Haas, 1927) - central and Inner Tian-Shan.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Eroded rock at 2,000-4,000 m a.s.l. Flight period: July.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. P. icelos: fringes chequered black and white; UPH always without red band; UPF red band diffused and not reaching the vein 2a.

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