Coenonympha tullia
Coenonympha tullia, the large heath or common ringlet, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It flies in a variety of grassy habitats, including roadsides, woodland edges and clearings, prairies, bogs, and arctic and alpine taiga and tundra. It is a poor flyer, but can sometimes be found along ditches seeking new grounds. It is a holarctic species found in northern Europe and Asia and across North America. The species was first described by Otto Friedrich Müller in 1764.
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Subspecies
In alphabetical order:
- C. t. ampelos – northwest common ringlet
- C. t. benjamini – prairie ringlet
- C. t. brenda
- C. t. bosniae
- C. t. california – California ringlet
- C. t. columbiana – ringlet
- C. t. davus
- C. t. elko
- C. t. elwesi
- C. t. eryngii
- C. t. eunomia
- C. t. furcae
- C. t. gliwa
- C. t. haydenii – Hayden's common ringlet
- C. t. inornata – inornate common ringlet
- C. t. insulanus – Vancouver ringlet
- C. t. kodiak – Kodiak ringlet
- C. t. mackenziei – Mackenzie's ringlet
- C. t. mcisaaci – McIsaac's ringlet
- C. t. mixturata
- C. t. mono – ringlet
- C. t. ochracea – ochre ringlet
- C. t. polydama
- C. t. pseudobrenda
- C. t. scotica
- C. t. sibirica
- C. t. subfusca
- C. t. suecica
- C. t. tullia – common ringlet
- C. t. viluiensis
- C. t. yontocket – Yontocket satyr ringlet
- C. t. yukonensis – Yukon common ringlet
Formerly a subspecies: