Hipparchia (butterfly) explained

Hipparchia is a genus of butterflies within the family Nymphalidae. The genus was erected by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807.^[1]

Species

• Hipparchia alcyone (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)
• 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, 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)
• Hipparchia hermione (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)
• Hipparchia mersina (Staudinger, 1871) (Greece)
• Hipparchia miguelensis Le Cerf, 1935
• Hipparchia neapolitana (Stauder, 1921) – Italian grayling – (Italy)
• Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1824) – Corsican grayling – (Corsica, 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, Lebanon)
• Hipparchia powelli (Oberthür, 1910) (Algeria)
• Hipparchia sbordonii Kudrna, 1984 or Hipparchia semele sbordonii Kudrna, 1984 – Ponza grayling – (Pontine Islands)
• Hipparchia semele (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)^[2]
  • Hipparchia semele scota (coasts of Scotland)
  • Hipparchia semele thyone^[3]
• Hipparchia senthes (Fruhstorfer, 1908) or Hipparchia aristaeus senthes (Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey)
• Hipparchia statilinus (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, Tajikistan, 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)

External links

• Satyrinae of the Western Palearctic
• Web site: Taxonomy Browser: Hipparchia . Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD) . April 7, 2020. With images.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Savela . Markku . March 8, 2019 . Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807 . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . April 7, 2020.
2. Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington, Guide des papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord, Delachaux et Niestlé,
3. http://www.ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?species=semele uk butterflies