Coenonympha tullia

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Kingdom Animalia Order Lepidoptera Genus Coenonympha Higher classification Coenonympha		Phylum Arthropoda Family Nymphalidae Scientific name Coenonympha tullia Rank Species

Similar Coenonympha, Butterfly, Butterflies and moths, Small heath, Grayling

Coenonympha tullia (large heath or common ringlet) 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. 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.

Coenonympha tullia Butterflies of Europe Coenonympha tullia

Subspecies

C. t. ampelos (W. H. Edwards, 1871) – Northwest common ringlet

C. t. benjamini (McDunnough, 1928) – Prairie ringlet

C. t. brenda

C. t. bosniae (Davenport, 1941)

C. t. california (Westwood, 1851) – California ringlet

C. t. columbiana (McDunnough, 1928) – Ringlet

C. t. davus (Fabricius, 1777)

C. t. elko (W. H. Edwards, 1881)

C. t. elwesi (Davenport, 1941)

C. t. eryngii (Hy. Edwards, 1877)

C. t. eunomia (Dornfeld, 1967)

C. t. furcae (W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)

C. t. gliwa

C. t. haydenii (W. H. Edwards, 1872) – Hayden's common ringlet

C. t. inornata (W. H. Edwards, 1861) – Inornate common ringlet

C. t. insulanus (McDunnough, 1928) – Vancouver ringlet

C. t. kodiak (Edwards 1869) – Kodiak ringlet

C. t. mackenziei (D. Davenport, 1936) – Mackenzie's ringlet

C. t. mcisaaci (dos Passos, 1935) – McIsaac's ringlet

C. t. mixturata (Alphéraky, 1897)

C. t. mono (Burdick, 1942) – (Common) ringlet

C. t. ochracea (W. H. Edwards, 1861) – Ochre (common) ringlet

C. t. polydama (Haworth, 1803)

C. t. pseudobrenda (Austin & R. Gray, 1998)

C. t. scotica (Staudinger, 1901)

C. t. sibirica (Davenport, 1941)

C. t. subfusca (W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)

C. t. suecica (Hemming, 1936)

C. t. tullia (Müller, 1764) – Common ringlet

C. t. viluiensis (Ménétriés, 1859)

C. t. yontocket (Porter & Mattoon, 1989) – Yontocket satyr ringlet

C. t. yukonensis (W. Holland, 1900) – Yukon common ringlet

Formerly a subspecies:

Coenonympha nipisiquit (McDunnough, 1939) – Maritime ringlet

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References

Coenonympha tullia Wikipedia

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