Coenonympha

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 Stoll, 1782 Coenonympha ampelos Edwards, 1871 – northwest ringlet Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761) – pearly heath Coenonympha arcanioides Pierret, 1837 – Moroccan pearly heath Coenonympha caeca Staudinger, 1886 Coenonympha california Westwood, 1851 – California ringlet Coenonympha 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 heath Coenonympha fettigii Oberthür, 1874 Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798) – Alpine heath [Alps, northern Balkans] Coenonympha glycerion (Borkhausen, 1788) – chestnut heath Coenonympha haydenii Edwards, 1872 – Hayden's ringlet, Wyoming ringlet, Yellowstone ringlet Coenonympha hero (Linnaeus, 1761) – scarce heath Coenonympha inornata Edwards, 1861 – prairie ringlet Coenonympha iphioides Staudinger, 1870 – Spanish heath Coenonympha kodiak Edwards, 1869 – Kodiak ringlet Coenonympha leander Esper, 1784 – Russian heath Coenonympha mahometana Alphéraky, 1881 Coenonympha mangeri Bang Haas, 1927 Coenonympha mongolica Alphéraky, 1881 Coenonympha nipisiquit McDunnough, 1939 – maritime ringlet Coenonympha nolckeni Erschoff, 1874 Coenonympha ochracea Edwards, 1861 – ocher ringlet Coenonympha oedippus (Fabricius, 1787) – false ringlet Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758) – small heath Coenonympha 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 ringlet Coenonympha tydeus Leech, 1892 Coenonympha vaucheri Blachier, 1905 – Vaucher's heath Coenonympha xinjiangensis Chou & Huang, 1994