Hyponephele lycaon

Hyponephele lycaon, the dusky meadow brown, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.^[1] It is broadly distributed in the temperate zone of the Palearctic from Portugal in the west to the Russian Far East in the east.

Hyponephele lycaon
in North Macedonia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Genus:	Hyponephele
Species:	H. lycaon
Binomial name
Hyponephele lycaon Rottemburg, 1775

The wingspan is about 40 mm. The butterflies fly from June to August depending on the location.

The larvae feed on various grasses.