''Hyponephele maroccana'', the Moroccan meadow brown is a

butterfly 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 ...

of the family

Nymphalidae 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 red ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...

to Morocco (

Atlas Mountains The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in the Maghreb in North Africa. It separates the Sahara Desert from the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean; the name "Atlantic" is derived from the mountain range. It stretches around through Moroc ...

)

Subspecies

*''H. m. maroccana'' (High Atlas) *''H. m. nivellei'' (Oberthür, 1920) Oberthür, C. 1920 ''Études de Lépidoptérologie comparée''. ''Faunes Entomologiques .Descriptions d'Insectes nouveaux oupeu connus, variations et races locales'', 1904 à 1925 Rennes, 1904-1925 (1920 17: 49, pl. E, F (Middle Atlas)

Biology

It flies in rocky places in one generation from June to August.

References

* Tennent, J., 1996 ''The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia'' Gem Publishing Co * Delacre, J. and Tarrier, M. 2008 ''Les Papillons de Jour du Maroc Un Guide d'Identification et de Bioindication''

External links

"''Hyponephele'' Muschamp, 1915"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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