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Hipparchia parisatis  Kollar, 1849 White-Bordered Grayling



 A distinctive species, easily recognized by wide white-fringed
 hindwing upper sides, two large underside forewing eyespots
 encircled by yellow and two smaller underside hindwing
 eyespots, one of which is occasionally vestigial. A clearly
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 defined brown underside post median line, partial on the
 forewing, is shaded in light grey. These characters set the
 species apart from other local Hipparchia spp. For a long time
 the single historical (1889) Levant record (Hatay Prov.) shown
 in Hesselbarth et al., (1995), was indicative that the species is
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 no longer present in the region or is on the limits of its southern
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 distribution. However, in September 2012 a specimen was                          DGXOW  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12                         DGXOW  1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12
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 observed by a student of the Hatay Mustafa Kemal University                 lar v a           pupa
          pupa
 at Antakya in Yildirim Deresi (picnic area) over Serinyol (Feza   1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9   10  11  12
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 Can pers. comm.). Flies in warm rocky biotopes and also near
          pupa
 wooded areas. Adults are seen on the wing early and late in
 the day, inactive in the heat of the day, preferring to rest in
 crevices in the shade of rocks and tree trunks, where they are
 well camouflaged. Males are attracted to fermenting fruits,                                    © Jem Babbington
 animal dung and are known to mud-puddle.
                                                                 SW Saudi Arabia, Asir, Bani Saad, 80 km SE Taif, 2087 m.
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 )OLJKW  SHULRG  from June in S Turkey to July-October in E
 Anatolia 650-2200 m (Hesselbarth  et al., (1995(2): 915);
 observed (after summer aestivation) in September 100-500
 m in Hatay (Atahan et al., 2018: 76) but certainly appeared
 earlier in May-June; April-June over 450 m at least to 2150
 m and again after summer aestivation of both genders in E
 Arabia (Larsen & Larsen (1980: 51), Schmidt et al., (2020)).
 /LIH  KLVWRU\  univoltine, hibernate in mid-summer months,
 early stages unknown.
 5HFRUGHG KRVWSODQWV  probably Poaceae (Gramineae) spp.
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 TL: “Iran, Farsistan (Schiraz, Persepolis)”. from E Turkey across
 Armenia, Transcaucasia, N Iraq, Iran, Pakistan, Afghanistan,     © Dubi Benyamini
 Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan to NW India & W China
 (SW Tibet) (Tshikolovets, 2011: 429). Isolated locally common   ©  Jem Babbington              ©  Jem Babbington
 populations flies at Musandam and Hajar 650 km long
 mountain range of Oman and UAE at East Arabia (the highest
 Mt in the peninsula with peak at 3009 m). Local and rare in N
 Levant at Hatay S Turkey.



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