Hipparchia parisatis is small butterfly found in West and Central Asia, including Turkey, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Iran, Iraq, Oman, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, NW India, and SW Tibet, where their preferred terrain is forests, woodlands, grasslands and prairies at altitudes of approx. 1,200 – 3,000 m. 
   The best time to observe adults is during the day when the sun is out, as they are diurnal (active during the day) and are most active for feeding and mating during warm, sunny weather.
   They are pollinators that flutter from flower to flower, taking nectar.
   Their attraction to blossoms is guided by visual cues such as color and shape.
   While feeding on nectar, they inadvertently collect pollen on their bodies, and transfer it to other plants, playing a crucial role in the ecosystem's cycle of plant reproduction.
   The wings of the males are dark on top, a brownish black.
   The forewing has 2 eye spots with a white center, between which there are 2 white strokes.
   The outer edge of the forewings has an incomplete white border.
   The hindwing has a wide white border, with a wavy inner border, and one eye spot (centered white).
   The forewing is gray on the ventral side with a brownish line, a narrow incomplete white band, two large eye spots surrounded by a yellow to brown lining.
   The hindwing is variegated on the ventral side with a pattern formed by small brown speckles on a gray background, and 2 eye spots enclosed in yellow and brown edgings.
   The fringe of the wings is white.
   The female's wings are lighter in color than the male's, and the eye spots are larger.
   They are not threatened, and are, in fact, quite common.
   Potential predators include birds, bats, spiders, praying mantises, rodents.
   * As members of the Brush Footed (Nymphalidae) family, they us their shorter pair of front legs for food tasting, and their two pairs of longer rear legs for propulsion.