Mount Hymettos

Hipparchia senthes – Balkan Grayling

Satyridae

Photograph by Stavros Apostolou

Balkan Grayling

From the southern Balkans, this is one of the confirmed species of the southern grayling Hipparchia aristaeus group. (EuroButterflies by Matt Rowlings) Wingspan medium to large, female larger than the male. Flies in the summer.