Coenonympha symphita

Lederer's heath
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Coenonympha
Species: C. symphita
Binomial name
Coenonympha symphita
Synonyms
  • Coenonympha symphita ab. inocellata Sheljuzhko, 1929

Coenonympha symphita, or Lederer's heath,[2] is a butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is found in north-eastern Turkey, south-western Georgia, and north-western Armenia.[3]

The habitat is calcareous grasslands at 2000–2500 m above sea level. Its flight period is from early June to mid-July in one generation per year.[4] The larvae feed on Poa annua.

Subspecies

  • Coenonympha symphita symphita Lederer, 1870 (Georgia)
  • Coenonympha symphita karsiana Sheljuzhko, 1929 (Transcaucasia)

References

  1. ↑ "Coenonympha symphita (Lederer, 1870)". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  2. ↑ Baytaş, Ahmet (2007). A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Turkey. NTV Yayınları; University of Minnesota Press. p. 150. ISBN 9789756690796. Retrieved 5 June 2016.
  3. ↑ "Coenonympha Hübner, [1819]" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  4. ↑ Coenonympha symphita at Butterfly Conservation Armenia
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