Coenonympha

Coenonympha
Coenonympha (gardetta) darwiniana imago
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nymphalidae
Tribe:	Satyrini
Subtribe:	Coenonymphina
Genus:	Coenonympha Hübner, 1819
Coenonympha Species
Numerous, see text.

Coenonympha is a butterfly genus. It belongs to the Coenonymphina, a subtribe of the "browns" (Satyrinae). The latter are a subfamily of the brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae). As a rule, Palearctic species are colloquially called "heaths", while Nearctic ones are called "ringlets". Neither term is limited to members of this genus, however.

Selected species

Listed alphabetically.^[1]

Coenonympha amaryllis Stoll, 1782 Coenonympha ampelos Edwards, 1871 – Northwest Ringlet Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761) – Pearly Heath Coenonympha arcanioides Pierret, 1837 – Moroccan Pearly Heath Coenonympha caeca Staudinger, 1886 Coenonympha california Westwood, 1851 – California Ringlet Coenonympha corinna (Hübner, 1804) – Corsican Heath [Corsica, Sardinia, Elba] Coenonympha darwiniana Staudinger, 1871 (sometimes in C. gardetta, or C. arcania × C. gardetta) Coenonympha (darwiniana) macromma Turati & Verity 1910 Coenonympha × decolorata Wagner, 1913 (= C. mahometana × C. sunbecca) Coenonympha dorus (Esper, 1782) – Dusky Heath Coenonympha fettigii Oberthür, 1874 Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798) – Alpine Heath [Alps, N.Balkans] Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788) – Chestnut Heath Coenonympha haydenii Edwards, 1872 – Hayden's Ringlet, Wyoming Ringlet, Yellowstone Ringlet Coenonympha hero (Linnaeus, 1761) – Scarce Heath Coenonympha inornata Edwards, 1861 – Prairie Ringlet Coenonympha iphioides Staudinger, 1870 – Spanish Heath Coenonympha kodiak Edwards, 1869 – Kodiak Ringlet

Coenonympha leander Esper, 1784 – Russian Heath Coenonympha mahometana Alphéraky, 1881 Coenonympha mangeri Bang Haas, 1927 Coenonympha mongolica Alphéraky, 1881 Coenonympha nipisiquit McDunnough, 1939 – Maritime Ringlet Coenonympha nolckeni Erschoff, 1874 Coenonympha ochracea Edwards, 1861 – Ocher Ringlet Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787) – False Ringlet Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Small Heath Coenonympha pavonina Alphéraky, 1888 Coenonympha rhodopensis Elwes, 1900 – Eastern Large Heath [Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, N.Greece, Yugoslavia] Coenonympha saadi Kollar, 1849 Coenonympha semenovi Alphéraky, 1887 Coenonympha sinica Alphéraky, 1888 Coenonympha sunbecca Eversmann, 1843 Coenonympha symphita Lederer, 1870 Coenonympha thyrsis Freyer, 1845 Coenonympha tullia (Müller, 1764) – Large Heath, Common Ringlet Coenonympha tydeus Leech, 1892 Coenonympha vaucheri Blachier, 1905 – Vaucher's Heath Coenonympha xinjiangensis Chou & Huang, 1994

Gallery

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  Coenonympha pamphilus

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  Coenonympha arcania

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  Coenonympha dorus

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  Coenonympha gardetta

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  Coenonympha glycerion

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  Coenonympha hero

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  Coenonympha tullia

Footnotes

1. See references in Savela (2008)

References

• Savela, Markku (2008): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Coenonympha. Version of 2008-JAN-23. Retrieved 2008-JUL-31.