Summary
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