''Hipparchia'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
within the family
Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by
Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807.
Species
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(Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775) – rock grayling
**''Hipparchia alcyone caroli''
(Rothschild, 1933) (
Morocco) may be a
full species ''
Hipparchia ellena caroli''
**''Hipparchia alcyone genava'' may be a full species ''
Hipparchia genava''
Fruhstorfer, 1907 (
Switzerland
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)
*''
Hipparchia aristaeus''
(Bonelli, 1826) – southern grayling – (
North Africa,
Asia Minor, southern Europe
*''
Hipparchia algirica'' or ''Hipparchia aristaeus algirica''
(Oberthür, 1876)
**''Hipparchia aristaeus algirica''
(Oberthür, 1876) (
Morocco,
Algeria,
Tunisia)
**''Hipparchia aristaeus aristaeus'' (
Corsica
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,
Sardinia)
**''Hipparchia aristaeus blachieri'' (
Sicily)
*''
Hipparchia autonoe''
(Esper, 1784) (southeastern Europe to northern
Caucasus, southern
Siberia,
Amur,
Korea,
Tibet, northwestern China)
**''Hipparchia autonoe maxima''
Bang-Haas
**''Hipparchia autonoe orchomenus''
(Fruhstorfer, 1911) (Tibet)
**''Hipparchia autonoe sibirica''
(Staudinger, 1861) (Siberia)
**''Hipparchia autonoe wutaiensis''
Murayama
*''
Hipparchia azorina''
(Strecker, 1899) – Azores grayling – (
Azores)
*''
Hipparchia caldeirensis''
(Oehmig (1981)
*''
Hipparchia bacchus''
Higgins, 1967
*''
Hipparchia blachieri''
(Frühstorfer, 1908)
*''
Hipparchia christenseni''
Kudrna, 1977 (
Greece)
*''
Hipparchia cretica''
(Rebel, 1916) (
Crete)
*''
Hipparchia cypriensis''
(Holik, 1949) (
Cyprus)
*''
Hipparchia delattini''
Kudrna, 1975 (
North Macedonia, northwestern
Greece)
*''
Hipparchia ellena''
(Oberthür, 1894) (
North Africa)
**''Hipparchia ellena caroli''
(Rothschild, 1933) (
Morocco)
*''
Hipparchia fagi''
(Scopoli, 1763) – woodland grayling – (central Europe, southern
Russia)
**''Hipparchia fagi tetrica''
Fruhstorfer, 1907
*''
Hipparchia fatua''
(Freyer, 1844) – Freyer's grayling – (
Asia Minor)
**''Hipparchia fatua klapperichi''
(Gross & Ebert, 1975)
**''Hipparchia fatua persiscana''
(Verity, 1937) (
Armenia)
*''
Hipparchia fidia''
(Linnaeus, 1767) – striped grayling – (
North Africa, southwestern Europe)
**''Hipparchia fidia fidia''
*''
Hipparchia genava''
Fruhstorfer, 1907 – lesser rock grayling
*''
Hipparchia gomera''
Higgins, 1967
*''
Hipparchia hansii''
( Austaut, 1879) (North Africa)
*''
''
(Linnaeus, 1764) (central and southern Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor)
*''
Hipparchia leighebi''
Kudrna, 1976 or ''Hipparchia semele leighebi''
Kudrna, 1976 Sicily
*''
Hipparchia maderensis''
(Bethune-Baker, 1891) – Madeiran grayling – (
Madeira
)
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*''
Hipparchia mersina''
(Staudinger, 1871) (
Greece)
*''
Hipparchia miguelensis''
Le Cerf, 1935
*''
Hipparchia neapolitana''
(Stauder, 1921) – Italian grayling – (
Italy)
*''
Hipparchia neomiris''
(Godart, 1824) – Corsican grayling – (
Corsica
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,
Sardinia)
*''
Hipparchia parisatis''
(Kollar, 1849) – white-edged rock brown – (Asia)
**''Hipparchia parisatis laeta''
(Christoph, 1877)
**''Hipparchia parisatis macrophthalma''
Eversmann, 1851 (
Armenia)
**''Hipparchia parisatis xizangensis''
(Chou, 1994) (
Tibet)
*''
Hipparchia pellucida''
(Stauder, 1924) or ''
Hipparchia semele pellucida'' (
Asia Minor, southeastern Europe)
*''
Hipparchia pisidice''
(Klug, 1832) (
Syria
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,
Lebanon)
*''
Hipparchia powelli''
(Oberthür, 1910) (
Algeria)
*''
Hipparchia sbordonii''
Kudrna, 1984 or ''Hipparchia semele sbordonii''
Kudrna, 1984 – Ponza grayling – (
Pontine Islands)
*''
Hipparchia semele
The grayling or rock grayling (''Hipparchia semele'') is a species in the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae. Although found all over Europe, the grayling mostly inhabits coastal areas, with inland populations declining significantly in re ...
''
(Linnaeus, 1758) – grayling – (Europe, southern Russia)
**''Hipparchia semele semele'' (Europe)
**''Hipparchia semele atlantica'' (northwestern
Scotland)
**''Hipparchia semele cadmus''
Fruhstorfer, 1908 (mountains of Europe)
**''Hipparchia semele clarensis'' (
Ireland)
**''Hipparchia semele hibernica'' (Ireland)
**''Hipparchia semele leighebi''
Kudrna, 1976 or ''
Hipparchia leighebi'' (
Sicily)
**''Hipparchia semele pellucida''
(Stauder, 1924)
**''Hipparchia semele sbordonii''
Kudrna, 1984 (
Pontine Islands)
[Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington, ''Guide des papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord'', Delachaux et Niestlé, ]
**''Hipparchia semele scota'' (coasts of Scotland)
**''Hipparchia semele thyone''
uk butterflies
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*'' Hipparchia senthes'' (Fruhstorfer, 1908) or ''Hipparchia aristaeus senthes'' ( Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey)
*''Hipparchia statilinus
''Hipparchia statilinus'', the tree grayling, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae.
Subspecies
Subspecies include:
*''Hipparchia statilinus statilinus'' (Hufnagel, 1766)
*''Hipparchia statilinus sylvicola'' (Austaut, 1880) (Morocco, Algeria ...
'' (Hufnagel, 1766) – tree grayling – ( North Africa, Asia Minor southern and central Europe)
**''Hipparchia statilinus statilinus''
**''Hipparchia statilinus sylvicola'' (Austaut, 1880) (North Africa)
*'' Hipparchia stulta'' (Staudinger, 1882) ( Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tadjikistan, Afghanistan)
*'' Hipparchia syriaca'' (Staudinger, 1871) (southeastern Europe, Turkey)
*'' Hipparchia tewfiki'' (Wiltshire, 1949)
*'' Hipparchia tilosi'' (Manil, 1984)
*'' Hipparchia volgensis'' (Mazochin-Porshnjakov, 1952) ( Asia Minor, southeastern Europe)
*'' Hipparchia wyssii'' (Christoph, 1889) (Canary Islands
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)
References
External links
Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic
* With images.
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Satyrini
Butterfly genera
Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius