Coenonympha is a 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:
- Coenonympha amaryllis <small>Stoll, 1782</small>
- Coenonympha ampelos <small>Edwards, 1871</small> â northwest ringlet
- Coenonympha arcania <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small> â pearly heath
- Coenonympha arcanioides <small>Pierret, 1837</small> â Moroccan pearly heath
- Coenonympha caeca <small>Staudinger, 1886</small>
- Coenonympha california <small>Westwood, 1851</small> â California ringlet
- Coenonympha corinna <small>(Hübner, 1804)</small> â Corsican heath [Corsica, Sardinia, Elba]
- Coenonympha darwiniana <small>Staudinger, 1871</small> (sometimes in C. gardetta, or C. arcania ÃÂ C. gardetta)
- Coenonympha (darwiniana) macromma <small>Turati & Verity 1910</small>
- Coenonympha ÃÂ decolorata <small>Wagner, 1913</small> (= C. mahometana ÃÂ C. sunbecca)
- Coenonympha dorus <small>(Esper, 1782)</small> â dusky heath
- Coenonympha fettigii <small>Oberthür, 1874</small>
- Coenonympha gardetta <small>(de Prunner, 1798)</small> â Alpine heath [Alps, northern Balkans]
- Coenonympha glycerion <small>(Borkhausen, 1788)</small> â chestnut heath
- Coenonympha haydenii <small>Edwards, 1872</small> â Hayden's ringlet, Wyoming ringlet, Yellowstone ringlet
- Coenonympha hero <small>(Linnaeus, 1761)</small> â scarce heath
- Coenonympha inornata <small>Edwards, 1861</small> â prairie ringlet
- Coenonympha iphioides <small>Staudinger, 1870</small> â Spanish heath
- Coenonympha kodiak <small>Edwards, 1869</small> – Kodiak ringlet
- Coenonympha leander <small>Esper, 1784</small> – Russian heath
- Coenonympha mahometana <small>Alphéraky, 1881</small>
- Coenonympha mangeri <small>Bang Haas, 1927</small>
- Coenonympha mongolica <small>Alphéraky, 1881</small>
- Coenonympha nipisiquit <small>McDunnough, 1939</small> â maritime ringlet
- Coenonympha nolckeni <small>Erschoff, 1874</small>
- Coenonympha ochracea <small>Edwards, 1861</small> â ocher ringlet
- Coenonympha oedippus <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small> â false ringlet
- Coenonympha pamphilus <small>(Linnaeus, 1758)</small> â small heath
- Coenonympha pavonina <small>Alphéraky, 1888</small>
- Coenonympha rhodopensis <small>Elwes, 1900</small> â eastern large heath [Italy, Romania, Bulgaria, Albania, N.Greece, Yugoslavia]
- Coenonympha saadi <small>Kollar, 1849</small>
- Coenonympha semenovi <small>Alphéraky, 1887</small>
- Coenonympha sinica <small>Alphéraky, 1888</small>
- Coenonympha sunbecca <small>Eversmann, 1843</small>
- Coenonympha symphita <small>Lederer, 1870</small>
- Coenonympha thyrsis <small>Freyer, 1845</small>
- Coenonympha tullia <small>(Müller, 1764)</small> â large heath, common ringlet
- Coenonympha tydeus <small>Leech, 1892</small>
- Coenonympha vaucheri <small>Blachier, 1905</small> â Vaucher's heath
- Coenonympha xinjiangensis <small>Chou & Huang, 1994</small>
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