"Common ringlet" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this name, see Ypthima doleta.
Coenonympha tullia
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nymphalidae
Genus:
Coenonympha
Species:
C. tullia
Binomial name
Coenonympha tullia
(Müller, 1764)
Coenonympha tullia, the large heath or common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.[1][2] 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, east across the Palearctic and across North America. The species was first described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764.[2]
Successful reintroductions of the species to North West England took place in 2020, 2022 and 2023.[3]
C. t. inornata, Ottawa, Ontario, CanadaDorsal view
^"Large Heath". UK Butterflies. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
^ abcCommon Ringlet Archived 2013-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, Butterflies of Canada
^"Success for Large Heath reintroduction programme". BirdGuides. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.
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