Grayling

Hipparchia semele

Common on heathland and around the coasts of Britain.

The Larvae are small and cream colored.

The Larvae feeds on various grasses including Sheep's Fescue & Tufted Hair-grass.

The Male above almost entirely dark, the band being only perceptible on the hindwing in the form of a row of obsolete ochre-yellow spots.

Both sexes show, on a pale ochre ground, before the anal angle a dark ocellus which occasionally is pupilled with white.

The underside of the hindwing is marbled with dark, a pale powdering in the form of a band terminating the basal portion distally. this band protruding in a strong tooth below the cell towards the margin.

Flight period is from July-September.