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Woodland Grayling

Hipparchia fagi

Classification

Class
Insecta

Hipparchia fagi, the woodland grayling, is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. Etymology The Latin species name fagi, meaning of "beech" (=fagus), refers to the prevailing species of trees in the relating biotope. Subspecies There are tree subspecies: Hipparchia fagi fagi Scopoli, 1763 Hipparchia fagi sicula (Schwingenschuss, 1942) Hipparchia fagi tigridia Agenjo, 1969 Distribution and habitat This species is widespread in southern half of Europe, from south of Belgium to central Germany, southern Poland, and to western Siberia (Yekaterinburg region east of the Urals).

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
France · 602Spain · 580Switzerland · 558Italy · 423Germany · 24