Nymphalidae Satyrinae Coenonymphini Coenonympha corinna Coenonympha dorus
Coenonympha darwiniana Staudinger, 1871
Darwin's Heath

Genus: Coenonympha Hübner, [1819]   Original genus: Coenonympha Hübner, [1819]

Synonims (genus):
   Chortobius Dunning & Pickard, 1858
   Triphysa Zeller, 1850

Considered by some authors as a synonym or a subspecies of Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798), or as a hybrid between C. gardetta and Coenonympha arcania (Linnaeus, 1761)

C. darwiniana (© Daniel Morel)
Adult, Isola, 2300m, Alpes Maritimes, France, July 26, 2007
(Photo by Daniel Morel)

Foodplants:
Gramineae

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