Nymphalidae Satyrinae Coenonymphini Coenonympha rhodopensis Coenonympha tullia
Coenonympha thyrsis (Freyer, 1845)
Cretan Small Heath

Genus: Coenonympha Hübner, [1819]   Original genus: Hipparchia Fabricius, 1807

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

C. thyrsis (© Stavros Markopoulos)
Adult, Crete, Greece, June 2007
(Photo by Stavros Markopoulos)
C. thyrsis (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Crete, Greece, May 20, 2007
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)
C. thyrsis (© Bernard Fransen)
Adult, Crete, Greece, May 24, 2007
(Photo by Bernard Fransen, Photography of European Butterflies and Moths)

Distribution:
Crete (Greece)

Foodplants:
Gramineae

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