Hipparchia maderensis

Hipparchia maderensis, the Madeiran grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2] 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.[3]

Hipparchia maderensis
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H. maderensis
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Hipparchia maderensis

Sources

  1. van Swaay, C.; Wynhoff, I.; Verovnik, R.; Wiemers, M.; López Munguira, M.; Maes, D.; Sasic, M.; Verstrael, T.; Warren, M. & Settele, J. (2010). "Hipparchia maderensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T39494A10234051. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T39494A10234051.en. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
  2. "Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. 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.
  • Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S. 2000. Hipparchia maderensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 31 July 2007.


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