Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Cyprus Grayling

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Hipparchia cypriensis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cyprus Grayling
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (Insects)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Lepidoptera (Butterflies & Moths)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Nymphalidae (Brush-footed Butterflies)
Genus	Aegilops	Hipparchia
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Hipparchia cypriensis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Cyprus Grayling

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Cyprus Grayling
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Cyprus Grayling

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found in Cyprus.

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.