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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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observed by a student of the Hatay Mustafa Kemal University lar v a pupa
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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
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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.
%LRORJ\ Biotope of Hipparchia tewfiki
)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.

© Leah Benyamini

© Ali Atahan © Ali Atahan © Dubi Benyamini © Jem Babbington

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