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Freyer's grayling

Hipparchia fatua Freyer, 1843

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The freyer's grayling (Hipparchia fatua) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the freyer's grayling

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
5 cm – 6.5 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
April to October
Generations a year
One
Larval food plants
Poaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the freyer's grayling?

FREYER'S GRAYLING · WINGSPAN 6.5 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 6.5 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the freyer's grayling is about 3.8% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the freyer's grayling live?

Not recorded

Is the freyer's grayling endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the freyer's grayling classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusHipparchia
  7. SpeciesHipparchia fatua Freyer, 1843

Synonyms Eumenis elineata, Eumenis infracastanea, Hipparchia insularis, Hipparchia kosswigi, Hipparchia sichaea, Satyrus klapperichi

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • Grand FauneFrench
  • סטירית אפלהHebrew
  • Donkere heivlinderDutch
  • ФатуаRussian
  • Anadolu KarameleğiTurkish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the freyer's grayling

Other species in the same genus Hipparchia.

Grayling

Hipparchia semele

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

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How big is the freyer's grayling?

An adult freyer's grayling has a wingspan of 5 cm – 6.5 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the freyer's grayling?

The freyer's grayling (Hipparchia fatua) belongs to the family Nymphalidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Freyer's grayling (Hipparchia fatua). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/freyers-grayling

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BibTeX
@misc{freyers_grayling_2026,
  title = {Freyer's grayling (Hipparchia fatua)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/freyers-grayling},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}