Hipparchia fidia

Hipparchia fidia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hipparchia
Species:	H. fidia
Binomial name
Hipparchia fidia Linnaeus, 1767
Synonyms
Pseudotergumia fidia

Hipparchia fidia, the striped grayling, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. ^[1] It is found on the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands and in south-eastern France and the bordering parts of Italy and North Africa.

Description in Seitz

S. fidia L. (44 d). Above similar to the preceding [ fatua ], but the underside much more variegated and brighter: the ocelli of the forewing large, broadly bordered with yellow, there being before them white smears which are proximally bordered by a black line. On the underside of the hindwing the exterior black discal line projects behind the apex of the cell as a broad tooth; it is externally broadly white and beyond it there are moreover strong white smears extending towards the distal margin. ^[2]

Description

The wingspan is 48–56 millimetres (1.9–2.2 in).

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  Female
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  Female underside
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  Male
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  Male underside

Biology

The butterflies fly from July to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various types of grass.

References

1. "Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. Seitz, A. in Seitz. A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren) This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .

• "Hipparchia fidia". Dagvlinders (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 8 June 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2014.