Coenonympha
Genus of butterflies
Coenonympha butterfly genus belonging 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 ringletCoenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761) – pearly heathCoenonympha arcanioides Pierret, 1837 – Moroccan pearly heathCoenonympha caeca Staudinger, 1886 Coenonympha california Westwood, 1851 – California ringletCoenonympha 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 heathCoenonympha fettigii Oberthür, 1874 Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798) – Alpine heath [Alps, northern Balkans]Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788) – chestnut heathCoenonympha haydenii Edwards, 1872 – Hayden's ringlet, Wyoming ringlet, Yellowstone ringletCoenonympha hero (Linnaeus, 1761) – scarce heathCoenonympha inornata Edwards, 1861 – prairie ringletCoenonympha iphioides Staudinger, 1870 – Spanish heathCoenonympha kodiak Edwards, 1869 – Kodiak ringletCoenonympha leander Esper, 1784 – Russian heathCoenonympha mahometana Alphéraky, 1881 Coenonympha mangeri Bang Haas, 1927 Coenonympha mongolica Alphéraky, 1881 Coenonympha nipisiquit McDunnough, 1939 – maritime ringletCoenonympha nolckeni Erschoff, 1874 Coenonympha ochracea Edwards, 1861 – ocher ringletCoenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787) – false ringletCoenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) – small heathCoenonympha 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 ringletCoenonympha tydeus Leech, 1892 Coenonympha vaucheri Blachier, 1905 – Vaucher's heathCoenonympha xinjiangensis Chou & Huang, 1994
Gallery
^ See references in Savela (2008)
References
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