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

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Footnotes

  1. See references in Savela (2008)

References

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