Photo © Andy Barker

Grayling

Hipparchia semele

Checklist Number
59.013 [B&F: 1621]

Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)

Classification

Family:Nymphalidae
Subfamily:Satyrinae
Genus:Hipparchia
Species:semele
Authority:(Linnaeus, 1758)

A vulnerable Red Data Book species, in quarries, sand-dunes, heaths and damp grassland; 0-600 m (0-2000 m in Europe) in parts of the British Isles; mainland Europe and southern Scandinavia. In Hampshire still reasonably common in the New Forest and on the heaths in the north-east of the county and on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 55-60 mm. Larva feeds on Bristle Bent, Sheep's-fescue, Marram-grass and Common Couch.