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