Critically Endangered
Pseudochazara cingovskii
Pseudochazara cingovskii
Pseudochazara cingovskii is a brush-footed butterfly in the family Nymphalidae (order Lepidoptera), recorded as Critically Endangered.
Appearance
Its habitat is scattered with white limestone rocks where it is very difficult to catch it due to its very pale underside, camouflaging in.
Range and habitat
The distribution of P. Cingovskii is restricted to the Pletvar Massif and nearby mountains near Vitolište in Macedonia. This species inhabits arid, rocky slopes primarily composed of pale colored metamorphic rocks like marble and gneiss, with sparse vegetation, at altitudes between 700 and 1700 metres. It is found only in the Macedonian village of Pletvar.
Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.
Diet
The larvae feed on grasses like Festuca Ovina and Dactylis glomerata. Adults primarily feed on nectar from flowers like Acantholimon and Centaurea.
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.
Pseudochazara cingovskii is Critically 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 English Wikipedia article on Pseudochazara cingovskii, Wikidata item Q3348704. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.
