Hipparchia semele (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Grayling)

Interactions where Hipparchia semele is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
larva larva is endoparasitoid of larva UK/IrelandMajor Ichneumon caloscelis an ichneumon wasp Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae On the distribution of some Satyrid (Lep.) larvae at a coastal site in relation to their ichneumonid (Hym.) parasite, Shaw, M.R., 1977
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Lepidoptera/Nymphalidae/Hipparchia semele/Hipparchia semelegraylinglarva Animal / parasitoid / endoparasitoidUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Insecta/Hymenoptera/Ichneumonidae/Ichneumon caloscelis/Ichneumon caloscelisan ichneumon wasplarvaMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Shaw, M.R., 1977On the distribution of some Satyrid (Lep.) larvae at a coastal site in relation to their ichneumonid (Hym.) parasiteEnt. Gazette Vol 28.

Hipparchia semele (Grayling) may also be included in 'feeds on' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Hipparchia semele (Grayling) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesHipparchia semele (Grayling)
GenusHipparchia (grayling butterflies)
TribeSatyrini (grayling butterflies)
SubfamilySATYRINAE (brown butterflies)
FamilyNYMPHALIDAE (brown, fritillary and vanessid butterflies)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Hipparchia semele (Grayling)

Identification Works

Handling & MagnificationAuthorYearTitleSource
Revels, R. 2007 Grayling has been added to the list of BAP priority species Vol 18, No 6 Page: 435

Hipparchia semele (Grayling) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

General Works

AuthorYearTitleSource

Pathology

Shaw, M.R. 1977 On the distribution of some Satyrid (Lep.) larvae at a coastal site in relation to their ichneumonid (Hym.) parasite Ent. Gazette Vol 28.

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may also be relevant to Hipparchia semele (Grayling):

BioImagesBioImages (www.bioimages.org.uk) has 9 images of Hipparchia semele (Grayling)
Creative Commons License
This website is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International Licence.

Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioInfo website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under the above Creative Commons Licence.

BioInfo - Wildlife Information (UK)