Coenonympha pamphilus (Small Heath)

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Coenonympha pamphilus (Small Heath)

Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
Originator: Frode Falkenberg

Systematics :

Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Butterflies (Rhopalocera)
Family: Brush-footed butterflies (Nymphalidae)
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Coenonympha
Species: Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)

Norwegian name: Engringvinge

Host plants: Poa

Confusion species: Large Heath (Coenonympha tullia), Pearly Heath (Coenonympha arcania)

Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info