Coenonympha corinna

Corsican heath
Female upperside left, underside right from Adalbert 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, the Corsican heath, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae

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

The larva feeds on grasses.

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