LEPIDOPTERA

• S A T Y R I D A E Boisduval, 1833

  • HIPPARCHIA Fabricius, 1807

    
    

    • Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, [1849])

Hipparchia parisatis (Kollar, [1849])

· TYPE LOCALITY. "Iran, Farsistan (Schiraz, Persepolis)".

· RANGE. From S. Transcaucasia and Turkey to Iran, Iraq, Pakistan and Middle Asia.

· DISTRIBUTION AND VARIATION. S. Ghissar, the W. Pamirs - the nominate subspecies; Kopet-Dagh - ssp. laeta (Christoph, 1877); the Armenian Highland - ssp. macrophthalma Eversmann, 1851.

· HABITAT AND BIOLOGY. Stony semi-desert habitats on mountain slopes at 1,200-3,000 m a.s.l. Flight period: June-August.

· SIMILAR SPECIES. H. stulta: UPS ground colour paler; UPH marginal border dirty white; UPH apical spot always without white pupil.

Photo and text: Guide to the BUTTERFLIES OF RUSSIA and adjacent territories Volume 1. PENSOFT, Sofia - Moscow. 1997