Hipparchia (butterfly)

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

Hipparchia
Hipparchia senthes in North Macedonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Subtribe:	Satyrina
Genus:	Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807
Synonyms
Eumenis Hübner, [1819] Nytha Billberg, 1820 Melania Sodoffsky, 1837 (preocc.) Pseudotergumia Agenjo, 1947 Neohipparchia de Lesse, 1951 Parahipparchia Kudrna, 1977 Euhipparchia Kudrna, 1977

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, 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)

References

1. Savela, Markku (March 8, 2019). "Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 7, 2020.
2. Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington, Guide des papillons d'Europe et d'Afrique du Nord, Delachaux et Niestlé, ISBN 978-2-603-01649-7
3. uk butterflies

External links

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