Hipparchia blachieri

Hipparchia blachieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Hipparchia
Species: H. blachieri
Binomial name
Hipparchia blachieri
(Frühstorfer, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Satyrus semele blachieri Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) blachieri
  • Hipparchia vallettai Valletta, 1971
  • Satyrus siciliana Oberthür, 1915
  • Hipparchia vallettae Kudrna, 1975

Hipparchia blachieri is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It was described by Frühstorfer in 1908. It is endemic to Sicily and Malta.[1]

The wingspan is 58–65 mm.[2]

Taxonomy

The species is often treated as a subspecies of Hipparchia neapolitana.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Fauna Europaea
  2. ↑ European Butterflies and Moths
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de


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