Coenonympha corinna

For the plant with the same English name, see Erica terminalis.
Corsican heath
Coenonympha corinna female upperside left, underside right figured in Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Coenonympha
Species: C. corinna
Binomial name
Coenonympha corinna
(Hübner, 1804)

Coenonympha corinna (Corsican heath) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae

It is found on the Mediterranean islands of Corsica, Sardinia, and Elba.

The larva feeds on grasses.

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