The wingspan is 27–34 millimetres (1.1–1.3 in).The ground colour is dark brown. There is a white submarginal band, bordered with an interrupted fringe and a large black ocellus at the apex of the forewing. The hindwing has a small ocellus with a very discrete pupil
The underside of the forewing is similar: brown with a white submarginal band and the black ocellus with white pupil at the apex, while the hindwing is marbled with brown and white with a broad white band. No sexual dimorphism.
Similar to Hipparchia fagi, but on the underside the deep dark basal area of both wings contrasts much more sharply with the light band, and the latter, which is almost pure white on the hindwing, contrasts again conspicuously with the broad dark distal margin. The conspicuousness of the pattern on the underside of the hindwing is especially noticeable in the male, but even in the duller coloured female the band on the hindwing beneath is still quite distinct, although sparsely irrorated with black.[2]
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^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.
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hipparchia, hermione, rock, grayling, redirects, here, other, butterfly, with, this, common, name, hipparchia, semele, rock, grayling, butterfly, family, nymphalidae, species, found, central, europe, southern, europe, eastern, europe, north, africa, anatolia, . Rock grayling redirects here For the other butterfly with this common name see Hipparchia semele Hipparchia hermione the rock grayling is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae 1 The species can be found in Central Europe Southern Europe Eastern Europe North Africa Anatolia and the Caucasus Hipparchia hermioneScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily NymphalidaeGenus HipparchiaSpecies H hermioneBinomial nameHipparchia hermione Linnaeus 1764 SynonymsHipparchia alcyone Denis amp Schiffermuller 1775The wingspan is 27 34 millimetres 1 1 1 3 in The ground colour is dark brown There is a white submarginal band bordered with an interrupted fringe and a large black ocellus at the apex of the forewing The hindwing has a small ocellus with a very discrete pupilThe underside of the forewing is similar brown with a white submarginal band and the black ocellus with white pupil at the apex while the hindwing is marbled with brown and white with a broad white band No sexual dimorphism Similar to Hipparchia fagi but on the underside the deep dark basal area of both wings contrasts much more sharply with the light band and the latter which is almost pure white on the hindwing contrasts again conspicuously with the broad dark distal margin The conspicuousness of the pattern on the underside of the hindwing is especially noticeable in the male but even in the duller coloured female the band on the hindwing beneath is still quite distinct although sparsely irrorated with black 2 It is smaller than fagi Habitat RhodesThe butterflies fly from June to September on steep rocky slopes in open forest margins and forest clearings and in shrubland The larvae feed on various types of grass Footnotes edit Hipparchia hermione at euroButterflies by Matt Rowlings 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 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain External links editButterflies of Europe This Satyrini article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hipparchia hermione amp oldid 1039557624, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
