# Tree grayling (*Hipparchia statilinus*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/tree-grayling  
Data as of: 2026-11-13

The tree grayling (Hipparchia statilinus) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not recorded |
| Length | Not recorded |
| Wingspan | 4.4 cm – 4.6 cm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Scavenger |
| Main food | flowers |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Young per litter or clutch | Not recorded |
| Active | By day (diurnal) |
| On the wing | April to May, July to November |
| Generations a year | One |
| Larval food plants | Poaceae family |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | Not recorded |

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 1 country. Introduced: Denmark. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Lepidoptera
- family: Nymphalidae
- genus: Hipparchia
- species: *Hipparchia statilinus* Hufnagel, 1766

Synonyms: *Eumenis eurytion*, *Eumenis statilinus anapus*, *Eumenis statilinus euryanax*, *Hipparchia aliosicola*, *Hipparchia allionia*, *Hipparchia almagroi*, *Hipparchia anapus*, *Hipparchia anaxarchus*, *Hipparchia apennina*, *Hipparchia arachne*, *Hipparchia australis*, *Hipparchia banusi*, *Hipparchia bierica*, *Hipparchia brisaudi*, *Hipparchia burdigalae*, *Hipparchia celtica*, *Hipparchia cinereus*, *Hipparchia cocles*, *Hipparchia eladio*, *Hipparchia euryanax*, *Hipparchia fatuaeformis*, *Hipparchia fauna*, *Hipparchia fidiaeformis*, *Hipparchia ganzoi*, *Hipparchia iberica*, *Hipparchia impupillata*, *Hipparchia intermedia*, *Hipparchia lambessana*, *Hipparchia lemovica*, *Hipparchia lorkovici*, *Hipparchia macrocellata*, *Hipparchia mariae*, *Hipparchia maritima*, *Hipparchia martianii*, *Hipparchia micromaritima*, *Hipparchia micronosandrus*, *Hipparchia miegi*, *Hipparchia monostriata*, *Hipparchia musaius*, *Hipparchia norica*, *Hipparchia oberthueri*, *Hipparchia onosandrus*, *Hipparchia padi*, *Hipparchia pallescens*, *Hipparchia perineti*, *Hipparchia pisistratus*, *Hipparchia porcelos*, *Hipparchia postsignata*, *Hipparchia pradensis*, *Hipparchia pseudalliona*, *Hipparchia pseudosichaea*, *Hipparchia rostagnoi*, *Hipparchia rungsi*, *Hipparchia statilinus aliosicola*, *Hipparchia statilinus allionia*, *Hipparchia statilinus anapus*, *Hipparchia statilinus burdigalae*, *Hipparchia statilinus celtica*, *Hipparchia statilinus lemovica*, *Hipparchia statilinus pradensis*, *Hipparchia statilinus pseudoalliona*, *Hipparchia statilinus statilinus*, *Hipparchia sylvicola*, *Hipparchia triocellata*, *Hipparchia variegata*, *Hipparchia vettius*, *Neohipparchia falsasemele*, *Neohipparchia longocellata*, *Neohipparchia monocellata*, *Neohipparchia statilinus*, *Papilio allionia*, *Papilio statilinus*, *Satyrus apupillata*, *Satyrus astriata*, *Satyrus bipupillata*, *Satyrus caeca*, *Satyrus cordieri*, *Satyrus crassemaculosa*, *Satyrus deannulata*, *Satyrus fauna*, *Satyrus marmorea*, *Satyrus monopupillata*, *Satyrus pedemontana*, *Satyrus statilinus*, *Satyrus statilinus allionia*, *Satyrus statilinus burdigalae*, *Satyrus totebrunnea*, *Satyrus transiens*, *Satyrus triantepupillata*, *Satyrus venostensis*, *Satyrus virilis*

## Common questions

### How big is the tree grayling?

An adult tree grayling has a wingspan of 4.4 cm – 4.6 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

### What does the tree grayling eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

### Is the tree grayling an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the tree grayling as introduced in 1 country: Denmark, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

### What kind of animal is the tree grayling?

The tree grayling (Hipparchia statilinus) belongs to the family Nymphalidae in the order Lepidoptera.

## Sources

- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [LepTraits 1.0: a globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits](https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19874602.v1), CC0 1.0, 1.0. Shirey, V., Larsen, E., Doherty, A. et al. (2022) LepTraits 1.0: a globally comprehensive dataset of butterfly traits. Scientific Data 9: 382. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-022-01473-5. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.19874602.v1
- [TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844), CC BY 4.0, 2.0. Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844

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