Coenonympha oedippus

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False Ringlet
Conservation status
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.

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