''Chazara'' is a
butterfly genus from the
subfamily
In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end subfamily botanical names with "-oideae", and zoologi ...
Satyrinae
The Satyrinae, the satyrines or satyrids, commonly known as the browns, are a subfamily of the Nymphalidae (brush-footed butterflies). They were formerly considered a distinct family, Satyridae. This group contains nearly half of the known divers ...
of the
brush-footed butterfly
The Nymphalidae are the largest family of butterflies, with more than 6,000 species distributed throughout most of the world. Belonging to the superfamily Papilionoidea, they are usually medium-sized to large butterflies. Most species have a redu ...
family (Nymphalidae). The most well-known is the hermit butterfly (''
C. briseis''). ''C. briseis'' can be found as far west as Morocco and as far eastward as Mongolia. They inhabit the
Tian Shan mountain range of Central Asia, also known as the Celestial Mountains, which are fabled in
Daoist literature as the place where the
Goddess of the West attends to the
Peaches of Immortality.
Selected species
* ''
Chazara bischoffii''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 846 – orange hermit
* ''
Chazara briseis''
(Linnaeus, 1764) – hermit butterfly
* ''
Chazara egina''
Staudinger, 892
Year 892 ( DCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Summer – Poppo II, duke of Thuringia (Central Germany), is deposed by King Arnul ...
/small> – Anatolian witch
* '' Chazara eitschbergeri'' Lukhtanov, 1999
* '' Chazara enervata'' (Alpheraky, 1881)
* '' Chazara heydenreichi'' (Lederer, 1853)
* '' Chazara kaufmanni'' (Erschoff, 1874)
* '' Chazara persephone'' (Hübner, 805 – dark rockbrown
* '' Chazara prieuri'' (Pierret, 1837) – southern hermit
* '' Chazara rangontavica'' Shchetkin, 1981
* '' Chazara staudingeri'' (Bang-Haas, 1882)
External links
Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic
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Satyrini
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore