| Hipparchia semele | (Linnaeus, 1758) | 
TL: Sweden
Habitat
- Dry pine forests
 - Forest clearings
 - Heathlands, moorlands
 
43-55 mm
- Local names
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Language Vernacular name 
 CatalàFaune lleonat 
 ČeskyOkáč metlicový 
 DanskSandrandøje 
 DeutschOckerbindiger Samtfalter 
 DeutschRostbinde 
 Eesti keelRõmmesilmik 
 EnglishGrayling 
 EnglishThe Grayling 
 EspañolPardo-rubia 
 FrançaisAgreste 
 HrvatskiObični sivac 
 ItalianoSemele 
 LatviešuParastais silsamtenis 
 LietuviųPušyninis satyras 
 MagyarBarna szemeslepke 
 NederlandsHeivlinder 
 NorskKystringvinge 
 PolskiSkalnik semele 
 ShqipSemelja 
 SlovenčinaOčkáň metlicový 
 SuomeksiHietaheinäperhonen 
 SvenskaSandgräsfjäril 
 РусскийБархатница семела 
 РусскийСатир семеле 
 РусскийСемела  
- Primary hostplants
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Family Latin name Vernacular name Poaceae Calamagrostis Reedgrass Poaceae Deschampsia cespitosa Tufted hairgrass Poaceae Festuca Fescue Poaceae Gramineae Grass Poaceae Leymus racemosus Mammoth wild rye  
- Synonyms and other combinations
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Latin name Author Satyrus cadmus Fruhstorfer, 1908 Hipparchia wilkinsoni Kudrna, 1977  
- Subspecies
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Species Author Hipparchia (Parahipparchia) semele semele (Linnaeus, 1758)  
- Links
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Language Website Authors 
 British Butterflies Steven Cheshire 
 Butterflies and Moths of Northern Ireland Robert Thompson, Brian Nelson 
 euroButterflies Matt Rowling 
 Lepiforum e. V. 
 Moths and Butterflies of Europe and North Africa Paolo Mazzei 
 
 Moths and butterflies of Sweden Magnus Unger 
 Russian insects Ilya Osipov 
 Svenska fjärilar Bert Gustafsson 
 The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 
 UK Butterflies Peter Eeles  
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