Hipparchia azorina

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Hipparchia azorina
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hipparchia
Species: H. azorina
Binomial name
Hipparchia azorina
(Strecker, 1899)

Hipparchia azorina, the Azores Grayling, is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is endemic to the Azores. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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