Coenonympha tullia

Large Heath or
Common Ringlet
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Coenonympha
Species: C. tullia
Binomial name
Coenonympha tullia
(Müller, 1764)
Subspecies

See text

The Large Heath[1] or Common Ringlet[2] (Coenonympha tullia) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It flies in a variety of grassy habitats, including roadsides, woodland edges and clearings, prairies, bogs, and arctic and alpine taiga and tundra.[2] It is a poor flyer, but can sometimes be found along ditches seeking new grounds. It is a holarctic species found in northern Europe and Asia and across North America.[2]

C. t. inornata, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia inornata) in Ottawa, Ontario.
Dorsal view

Subspecies[3][4]

Coenonympha tullia var philoxenus Museum specimens

Formerly a subspecies:

References

  1. UK Butterflies
  2. 1 2 3 Common Ringlet, Butterflies of Canada
  3. Coenonympha funet.fi
  4. Coenonympha, Butterflies of America

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