Hipparchia senthes (Fruhstorfer, 1908)
![Hipparchia senthes: Male (N-Greece, Askio mountains, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/nymphalidae/senthes_f2013.jpg "Hipparchia senthes: Male (N-Greece, Askio mountains, late June 2013) [N]")
![Hipparchia senthes: Male (N-Greece, Askio mountains, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/nymphalidae/senthes_2f2013.jpg "Hipparchia senthes: Male (N-Greece, Askio mountains, late June 2013) [N]")
![Hipparchia senthes: Male (N-Greece, Askio mountains, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/nymphalidae/senthes_3f2013.jpg "Hipparchia senthes: Male (N-Greece, Askio mountains, late June 2013) [N]")
![Hipparchia senthes: Habitat in N-Greece (Askio mountains, late June 2013) [N]](bilder1/nymphalidae/senthes_h2013.jpg "Hipparchia senthes: Habitat in N-Greece (Askio mountains, late June 2013) [N]")
Host plants:
The larva feeds on grasses.
Habitat:
Hipparchia senthes inhabits drylands, rocky slopes, scrub and similar places.
Life cycle:
The adults occur between May and October. The caterpillar hibernates. I observed fresh butterflies in Northern Greece in the Askio mountains in late June 2013.
Remarks:
Hipparchia senthes occurs on the southern Balkans (e.g. Macedonia, Greece). Besides it is found in Asia Minor.
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