''Hyponephele lycaon'', the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae."''Hyponephele'' Muschamp, 1915"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms'' It is broadly distributed in the temperate zone of the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...

from Portugal in the west to the Russian Far East in the east. The wingspan is about 40 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August depending on the location. The larvae feed on various grasses.

References

Butterflies of Europe: ''Hyponephele lycaon''
lycaon Butterflies of Asia Butterflies of Europe Insects of Russia Butterflies described in 1775 Taxa named by S. A. von Rottemburg {{Satyrini-stub