Coenonympha gardetta

Alpine heath
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Coenonympha
Species: C. gardetta
Binomial name
Coenonympha gardetta
(de Prunner, 1798)

Coenonympha gardetta (Alpine heath) is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be in alpine meadows on heights of 800 to 2,900 from the Massif Central to Albania.

The length of the forewings is 15–16 mm. Adults are on wing from June to September. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on various grasses.

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