Nymphalidae Satyrinae Satyrini Hipparchia (Hipparchia) neomiris Hipparchia (Neohipparchia) fatua
Hipparchia (Hipparchia) syriaca (Staudinger, 1871)
Eastern Rock Grayling

Genus: Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807   Subgenus: Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807   Original genus: Satyrus Latreille, 1810

Synonims (genus):
   Eumenis Hübner, 1819
  Synonims (species):
   attikana Fruhstorfer, 1907
   cypriaca Staudinger, 1878
   ghigii Turati, 1929

H. (Hipparchia) syriaca (© Jaroslav Smrz)
Adult (female) ssp. ghigii (Turati, 1929), Rhodos, Greece, June 2006
(Photo by Jaroslav Smrz)
H. (Hipparchia) syriaca (© Jaroslav Smrz)
Adult (female) ssp. ghigii (Turati, 1929), Rhodos, Greece, June 2006
(Photo by Jaroslav Smrz)
H. (Hipparchia) syriaca (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult (male), Lakonia, Anavryta, 700 m, Greece, July 17, 2005
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)

Foodplants:
Gramineae

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