Coenonympha oedippus

False Ringlet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Satyridae
Genus: Coenonympha
Species: C. oedippus
Binomial name
Coenonympha oedippus
(Fabricius, 1787)
Underside of a female

The False Ringlet (Coenonympha oedippus) is a species of butterfly in the Satyridae family. It is found in Austria, Belgium, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, and Ukraine. It is extinct in Bulgaria, Germany, and Slovakia.

The False Ringlet butterfly is endangered and is extinct in some lands.

References

  1. World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Coenonympha oedippus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 2014-12-08.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Coenonympha oedippus.
Wikispecies has information related to: Coenonympha oedippus


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, December 08, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.