A large family with cosmopolitan distribution containing about 2000 species. They are small to medium in size. The wings are usually brown to black and have eyespots. Their flight (usually) is not strong, close to the ground, and they fly short distances. The wings on the lower rear side (the conspicuous part when resting) are brown to black with fine markings and serve as camouflage when they are standing on trunks, branches, or on the ground. Their forelegs are atrophied. On the male's forewings there is a black band containing scent scales. The egg is usually spherical or barrel-shaped and is smooth or ribbed. The caterpillars are yellow, green, or brown, and at the rear end there is a pair of small horns. The caterpillars often have dark or light longitudinal stripes and are well camouflaged among the leaves. The caterpillars feed at night on the leaves of various grasses. The pupa hangs, and in some species the caterpillar pupates on the ground, among leaves.

Spring Grizzled Skipper  Melanargia titea	Sinai Grayling Hipparchia pisidice	Dull Grayling Hipparchia fatua
Lebanon Grayling Pseudochazara pelopea	Turkish Grayling Ypthima asterope	Small False Meadowbrown Ypthima asterope
Lupine Grayling Hyponephele lupinus	Cave Grayling Pseudochazara telephassa	Striped Grayling  Chazara Persephone
Telmessian Grayling Maniola telmessia	Mountain Grayling Satyrus ferula	Pale Grayling Hyponephele lycaon
Speckled Fritillary Pararge aegeria	Ringlet Kirinia roxelana	Grayling Lasiommata megera
		Meadow Brown Lasiommata maera