Hipparchia syriaca | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nymphalidae |
Genus: | Hipparchia |
Species: | H. syriaca |
Binomial name | |
Hipparchia syriaca (Staudinger, 1871) |
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Hipparchia syriaca is a species of butterfly in the Nymphalidae family. It is found in Greece especially on the island of Samos, Turkey, Bulgaria, Albania, Republic of Macedonia, Caucasus and Transcaucasia. It is found on the edges of foothills and mountain forests up to 2,000m
June to August, depending on altitude and locality.
Larvae feed on Holcus species.