(Esper, 1784)
Nevada Grayling
Description:
The Nevada Grayling occurs in the mountains in open, dry places where grassy vegetation alternates with bare, sandy or pebbly ground, and where sometimes scattered bushes are growing. They have also been seen on screes.
The caterpillars feed on grasses, but the species are not certain. Possibly, Sheep's-fescue (Festuca ovina), Blue Moor-grass (Sesleria albicans), and the false-brome Brachypodium distachyon are used.
This species has one brood a year and passes the winter as a caterpillar.
Habitat:
Dry siliceous grasslands
Dry calcareous grasslands
Heath and shrub
Screes
Similar species:
Hipparchia semele