# Hipparchia (butterfly)

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

## Species

* Hipparchia alcyone (Denis and Schiffermüller, 1775) – rock grayling
** Hipparchia alcyone caroli (Rothschild, 1933) (Morocco) may be a full species Hipparchia ellena caroli
** Hipparchia alcyone genava may be a full species Hipparchia genava Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Switzerland)
* Hipparchia aristaeus (Bonelli, 1826) – southern grayling – (North Africa, Asia Minor, southern Europe
* Hipparchia algirica or Hipparchia aristaeus algirica (Oberthür, 1876)
** Hipparchia aristaeus algirica (Oberthür, 1876) (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia)
** Hipparchia aristaeus aristaeus (Corsica, Sardinia)
** Hipparchia aristaeus blachieri (Sicily)
* Hipparchia autonoe (Esper, 1784) (southeastern Europe to northern Caucasus, southern Siberia, Amur, Korea, Tibet, northwestern China)
** Hipparchia autonoe maxima Bang-Haas
** Hipparchia autonoe orchomenus (Fruhstorfer, 1911) (Tibet)
** Hipparchia autonoe sibirica (Staudinger, 1861) (Siberia)
** Hipparchia autonoe wutaiensis Murayama
* Hipparchia azorina (Strecker, 1899) – Azores grayling – (Azores)
* Hipparchia caldeirensis (Oehmig (1981)
* Hipparchia bacchus Higgins, 1967
* Hipparchia blachieri (Frühstorfer, 1908)
* Hipparchia christenseni Kudrna, 1977 (Greece)
* Hipparchia cretica (Rebel, 1916) (Crete)
* Hipparchia cypriensis (Holik, 1949) (Cyprus)
* Hipparchia delattini Kudrna, 1975 (North Macedonia, northwestern Greece)
* Hipparchia ellena (Oberthür, 1894) (North Africa)
** Hipparchia ellena caroli (Rothschild, 1933) (Morocco)
* Hipparchia fagi (Scopoli, 1763) – woodland grayling – (central Europe, southern Russia)
** Hipparchia fagi tetrica Fruhstorfer, 1907
* Hipparchia fatua (Freyer, 1844) – Freyer's grayling – (Asia Minor)
** Hipparchia fatua klapperichi (Gross & Ebert, 1975)
** Hipparchia fatua persiscana (Verity, 1937) (Armenia)
* Hipparchia fidia (Linnaeus, 1767) – striped grayling – (North Africa, southwestern Europe)
** Hipparchia fidia fidia
* Hipparchia genava Fruhstorfer, 1907 – lesser rock grayling
* Hipparchia gomera Higgins, 1967
* Hipparchia hansii (Austaut, 1879) (North Africa)
* Hipparchia hermione (Linnaeus, 1764) (central and southern Europe, North Africa, Asia Minor)
* Hipparchia leighebi Kudrna, 1976 or Hipparchia semele leighebi Kudrna, 1976 Sicily
* Hipparchia maderensis (Bethune-Baker, 1891) – Madeiran grayling – (Madeira)
* Hipparchia mersina (Staudinger, 1871) (Greece)
* Hipparchia miguelensis Le Cerf, 1935
* Hipparchia neapolitana (Stauder, 1921) – Italian grayling – (Italy)
* Hipparchia neomiris (Godart, 1824) – Corsican grayling – (Corsica, Sardinia)
* Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, 1849) – white-edged rock brown – (Asia)
** Hipparchia parisatis laeta (Christoph, 1877)
** Hipparchia parisatis macrophthalma Eversmann, 1851 (Armenia)
** Hipparchia parisatis xizangensis (Chou, 1994) (Tibet)
* Hipparchia pellucida (Stauder, 1924) or Hipparchia semele pellucida (Asia Minor, southeastern Europe)
* Hipparchia pisidice (Klug, 1832) (Syria, Lebanon)
* Hipparchia powelli (Oberthür, 1910) (Algeria)
* Hipparchia sbordonii Kudrna, 1984 or Hipparchia semele sbordonii Kudrna, 1984 – Ponza grayling – (Pontine Islands)
* Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758) – grayling – (Europe, southern Russia)
** Hipparchia semele semele (Europe)
** Hipparchia semele atlantica (northwestern Scotland)
** Hipparchia semele cadmus Fruhstorfer, 1908 (mountains of Europe)
** Hipparchia semele clarensis (Ireland)
** Hipparchia semele hibernica (Ireland)
** Hipparchia semele leighebi Kudrna, 1976 or Hipparchia leighebi (Sicily)
** Hipparchia semele pellucida (Stauder, 1924)
** Hipparchia semele sbordonii Kudrna, 1984 (Pontine Islands)
** Hipparchia semele scota (coasts of Scotland)
** Hipparchia semele thyone
* Hipparchia senthes (Fruhstorfer, 1908) or Hipparchia aristaeus senthes (Albania, North Macedonia, Bulgaria, Greece, Turkey)
* Hipparchia statilinus (Hufnagel, 1766) – tree grayling – (North Africa, Asia Minor southern and central Europe)
** Hipparchia statilinus statilinus
** Hipparchia statilinus sylvicola (Austaut, 1880) (North Africa)
* Hipparchia stulta (Staudinger, 1882) (Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan)
* Hipparchia syriaca (Staudinger, 1871) (southeastern Europe, Turkey)
* Hipparchia tewfiki (Wiltshire, 1949)
* Hipparchia tilosi (Manil, 1984)
* Hipparchia volgensis (Mazochin-Porshnjakov, 1952) (Asia Minor, southeastern Europe)
* Hipparchia wyssii (Christoph, 1889) (Canary Islands)