Hipparchia maderensis

Hipparchia maderensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hipparchia
Species:	H. maderensis
Binomial name
Hipparchia maderensis (Bethune-Baker, 1891)

Hipparchia maderensis, the Madeiran grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. ^[2] It is endemic to Madeira. Its natural habitat is temperate forests. Seitz treats it as a race of Hipparchia semele - in maderensis Baker, from Madeira the upperside in both sexes is strongly obscured and in the male almost without any markings. ^[3]

Sources

1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Verovnik, R.; Wiemers, M.; López Munguira, M.; Maes, D.; Sasic, M.; Verstrael, T.; Warren, M.; Settele, J. (2010). "Hipparchia maderensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T39494A10234051. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T39494A10234051.en . Retrieved 15 November 2021.
2. "Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. 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 .