Nymphalidae Satyrinae Coenonymphini Coenonympha fettigii Coenonympha glycerion
Coenonympha gardetta (de Prunner, 1798)
Alpine Heath

Genus: Coenonympha Hübner, [1819]   Original genus: Papilio Linnaeus, 1758

Synonims (genus):
   Chortobius Dunning & Pickard, 1858
   Triphysa Zeller, 1850
  Synonims (species):
   neoclides Hübner, [1805]
   philea Hübner, [1800]
   satyrion Esper, 1804

C. gardetta (© Fabio Cavallini)
Adult, Cervinia (Aosta), Italy, August 1988
(Photo by Fabio Cavallini)
C. gardetta (© Fabio Cavallini)
Adult, Livigno (Sondrio), Italy, August 1987
(Photo by Fabio Cavallini)
C. gardetta (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Lauchneralp-Fafleralp, Switzerland, August 19, 2002
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
C. gardetta (© Fabio Cavallini)
Adult, Cogolo (Trento), Italy, August 1990
(Photo by Fabio Cavallini)

Foodplants:
Gramineae

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