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Tree Grayling

🇳🇱 Kleine Heivlinder ·Hipparchia statilinus

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands
Tree Grayling, photo 1 of 8
1/8 © Gilles San Martin · CC BY-SA 4.0

what is it?

Hipparchia statilinus , the tree grayling , is a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae. The species can be found in Central Europe, Southern Europe, North Africa, Anatolia and the Caucasus.

base stats

  • NL sightings 13iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 6,920iNaturalist observations
  • threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 13 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist.
  • 6,920 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel in 1766 (260 years ago).

fact sheet

English
Tree Grayling
Nederlands
Kleine Heivlinder
scientific name
Hipparchia statilinus
class
Insecta
order
Lepidoptera
family
Nymphalidae
IUCN Red List
LC · least concern
sightings in NL
13
sightings in Europe
6,160
sightings worldwide
6,920
GBIF records in NL
0
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1766 by Johann Siegfried Hufnagel

IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.

relatives· Nymphalidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 141751, Wikidata Q652796, GBIF 1918834, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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