Hipparchia (genus)
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Hipparchia is a genus of butterflies within the Nymphalidae
Nymphalidae
The Nymphalidae is a family of about 5,000 species of butterflies which are distributed throughout most of the world. These are usually medium sized to large butterflies. Most species have a reduced pair of forelegs and many hold their colourful wings flat when resting. They are also called...

 family.

List of species

  • Hipparchia alcyone
    Hipparchia alcyone
    The Rock Grayling is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in Central Europe, Southern Europe, Eastern Europe, North Africa, Anatolia and the Caucasus....

    (Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775)
  • Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826)
  • Hipparchia autonoe (Esper, 1784).
  • Hipparchia azorina
    Hipparchia azorina
    Hipparchia azorina, the Azores Grayling, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to the Azores. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:...

    (Strecker, 1899) - Azores Grayling
  • Hipparchia christenseni Kudrna, 1977.
  • Hipparchia cretica (Rebel, 1916)
  • Hipparchia cypriensis (Holik, 1949).
  • Hipparchia delattini Kudrna, 1975
  • Hipparchia ellena (Oberthür, 1894)
  • Hipparchia fagi
    Hipparchia fagi
    The Woodland Grayling is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in Europe, mainly south of the Alps.The wingspan is 66-76 mm. The butterflies fly from June to September....

    (Scopoli, 1763)
  • Hipparchia fatua
    Hipparchia fatua
    The Freyer's Grayling is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found from the Balkans, through Anatolia up to Iran.The wingspan is . The butterflies fly from June to October....

    (Feryer, 1844)
  • Hipparchia fidia
    Hipparchia fidia
    The Striped Grayling, Hipparchia fidia, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and in South-Eastern France and the bordering parts of Italy and North Africa....

    (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Hipparchia hansii
    Hipparchia hansii
    Hipparchia hansii is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to the North African region, mainly Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and West Libya. Its natural habitats are dense soil, grazed and rocky slopes, and ridges and prefers to stay in the shade...

    (Austaut
    Jules Léon Austaut
    Jules Léon Austaut was a French entomologist who specialised in Lepidoptera.-Works:* 1879. Lépidoptères nouveaux d'Algérie. Petites Nouvelles entomologiques, 2, p. 293* 1879-1885. Lépidoptères nouveaux d'Algérie. Le Naturaliste 7, pp. 141-142...

    , 1879)
  • Hipparchia maderensis
    Hipparchia maderensis
    Hipparchia maderensis, the Madeiran grayling, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to Madeira. Its natural habitat is temperate forests.-Source:...

    (Bethune-Baker, 1891) - Madeiran Grayling
  • Hipparchia mersina (Staudinger, 1871).
  • Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1824)
  • Hipparchia parisatis
    Hipparchia parisatis
    The White-edged Rock Brown, Hipparchia parisatis, is a nymphalid species of Satyrine butterfly found in Asia.-Description:Male upperside dark vandyke-brown; costa preapically, lower half of termen on fore wing narrowly and termen of hind wing more broadly bluish grey, crossed by the dark veins and...

    (Kollar, 1849). - White-edged Rock Brown
  • Hipparchia pellucida (Stauder, 1924).
  • Hipparchia pisidice (Klug, 1832).
  • Hipparchia powelli (Oberthür, 1910)
  • Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758) - Grayling
  • Hipparchia statilinus
    Hipparchia statilinus
    The Tree Grayling is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in Central Europe, Southern Europe, North Africa, Anatolia and the Caucasus....

    (Hufnagel, 1766)
  • Hipparchia stulta (Staudinger, 1882).
  • Hipparchia syriaca
    Hipparchia syriaca
    Hipparchia syriaca is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Greece especially on the island of Samos, Turkey, Bulgaria, Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Caucasus and Transcaucasia. It is found on the edges of foothills and mountain forests up to 2,000m-Source:**...

    (Staudinger, 1871)
  • Hipparchia volgensis (Mazochin-Porshnjakov, 1952).
  • Hipparchia wyssii (Christoph, 1889)
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