Hipparchia blachieri

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| taxon = Hipparchia blachieri

| authority = (Frühstorfer, 1908)

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  • Satyrus semele blachieri Fruhstorfer, 1908
  • Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) blachieri
  • Hipparchia vallettai Valletta, 1971
  • Satyrus siciliana Oberthür, 1915
  • Hipparchia vallettae Kudrna, 1975

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Hipparchia blachieri is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1908. It is endemic to Sicily and Malta.[https://web.archive.org/web/20131219022358/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=441528 Fauna Europaea]

The wingspan is 58–65 mm.

Taxonomy

The species is often treated as a subspecies of Hipparchia neapolitana.[http://www.lepiforum.de/lepiwiki.pl?Hipparchia_blachieri lepiforum.de]

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