Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Brown's Grayling (Pseudochazara amymone), recorded as Endangered
Brown's Grayling (Pseudochazara amymone). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Brown's Grayling

Pseudochazara amymone

Brown's Grayling is a brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (order Lepidoptera) — Pseudochazara amymone, recorded as Endangered and tied to Albania.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Pseudochazara amymone
Recorded from
Albania
Taxonomy
Insecta · Lepidoptera · Nymphalidae · Pseudochazara

Appearance

The scientific name of this species was first proposed by John Brown in a 1976 publication.

Range and habitat

The species occurs in Albania and northwest Greece (Ioannina) on rocky slopes with little vegetation.

GBIF currently lists 23 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

Diet

The adult is what most collections hold. The larva — the feeding stage — is often undescribed for the rarest names.

Life history follows the order: complete metamorphosis in moths and beetles, nymphs in grasshoppers and bugs. This page does not invent a host plant that no source named.

In crisis

Named moths and butterflies with a high threat category are often known from a small range and a thin series. Host-plant loss leaves little to recount.

Brown's Grayling is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the Dutch Wikipedia article on Ioannina heremiet, translated and retold in English, plus Wikidata item Q3409688 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Confirm status and range on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

Same genus

Photograph of Pseudochazara cingovskii (Pseudochazara cingovskii), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Pseudochazara cingovskii

Pseudochazara cingovskii
Photograph of Nevada Grayling (Pseudochazara williamsi), recorded as Critically EndangeredCR

Nevada Grayling

Pseudochazara williamsi
Photograph of Pseudochazara euxina (Pseudochazara euxina), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pseudochazara euxina

Pseudochazara euxina
Photograph of Pseudochazara orestes (Pseudochazara orestes), recorded as EndangeredEN

Pseudochazara orestes

Pseudochazara orestes

Quick answers

What is Brown's Grayling?
The scientific name of this species was first proposed by John Brown in a 1976 publication.
What is the conservation status of Brown's Grayling?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Pseudochazara amymone. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Brown's Grayling live?
The species occurs in Albania and northwest Greece (Ioannina) on rocky slopes with little vegetation.
Why is Brown's Grayling in crisis?
Named moths and butterflies with a high threat category are often known from a small range and a thin series. Host-plant loss leaves little to recount.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Pseudochazara amymone?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Brown's Grayling a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.