---
title: "Aulocera circe"
description: "Brintesia circe — Insetti e ragni. Brintesia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Satyrinae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/great-banded-grayling
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Aulocera circe

> Brintesia circe — Insetti e ragni. Brintesia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Satyrinae.

- Scientific name: *Brintesia circe*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Prati e campi)
- iNaturalist observations: 15245
- Wikidata: [Q1491890](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1491890)
- iNaturalist taxon: [334385](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/334385)

## Names

- en: Great Banded Grayling
- de: Weißer Waldportier
- es: Rey Moro
- fr: Silène
- it: Aulocera circe
- nl: Witbandzandoog
- pl: Skalnik prozerpina

## Countries with the most observations

FR (4641), ES (2483), IT (1910), AT (1487), DE (443), HU (375), PT (354), GR (295), BG (288), CZ (288), HR (278), CH (221)

## Summary

Brintesia is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae and subfamily Satyrinae. Its one species is Brintesia circe, the great banded grayling.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brintesia

## Photo

![Aulocera circe](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/great-banded-grayling/medium.jpg)

Photo: Zoltán Stekkelpak · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/394185034

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/great-banded-grayling?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).