Madeiran grayling
Hipparchia maderensis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Insects
Hipparchia maderensis, the Madeiran grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. 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.
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Hipparchia