(Stauder, 1924)
Description:
This grayling occurs in dry, bushy vegetation in open pine forests, and in rocky areas with grassy vegetation. The caterpillars feed on grasses, although on which sort is not known.
It is single-brooded.
Habitat: 
Alpine grasslands
Phrygana vegetation
Similar species:
Hipparchia cretica 
Hipparchia aristaeus 
Hipparchia volgensis 
Hipparchia christenseni