Hipparchia (butterfly)

Hipparchia
Balkan grayling H. senthes
in North Macedonia
Cyprus grayling H. cypriensis
in Cyprus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

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

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