Coenonympha tullia

"Common ringlet" redirects here. For the other butterfly with this name, see Ypthima doleta.

Coenonympha tullia
Scientific classification Edit this 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, Canada
Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia inornata) in Ottawa, Ontario.
Dorsal view
  1. ^ "Large Heath". UK Butterflies. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c Common Ringlet Archived 2013-11-20 at the Wayback Machine, Butterflies of Canada
  3. ^ "Success for Large Heath reintroduction programme". BirdGuides. 24 June 2023. Retrieved 25 June 2023.