Hipparchia azorina

Hipparchia azorina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nymphalidae
Genus:Hipparchia
Species: H. azorina
Binomial name
Hipparchia azorina
(Strecker, 1899)
Synonyms
  • Hipparchia occidentalis

Hipparchia azorina, the Azores grayling, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[2] It is endemic to the Azores. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and temperate grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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 azorina". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2010: e.T171926A6810197. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-1.RLTS.T171926A6810197.en. Retrieved 13 December 2017.
  2. "Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  • Van Swaay, C.A.M. & Warren, M.S. 2000. Hipparchia azorina. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded 31 July 2007.


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