Large Heath

Large Heath

Taxobox
name = Large Heath


image_size = 230px
image_caption = "Coenonympha tullia var philoxenus" Museum specimens
status = NE
status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Nymphalidae
genus = "Coenonympha"
species = "C. tullia"
binomial = "Coenonympha tullia"
binomial_authority = (Müller, 1764)The Large Heath ("Coenonympha tullia") is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is associated with open bogs and the ponds therein. It is a poor flyer, but can sometimes be found along ditches seeking new grounds.

References

*Emmet, A.M., J. Heath "et al." (Ed.), 1990. The Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. "The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland" Vol. 7 Part 1 (Hesperiidae to Nymphalidae). Harley Books, Colechester, UK. 370p.
*Tomlinson, D. and R. Still, 2002. "Britain's Butterflies". WildGuides, Old Basing, UK. 192p.

External links

* [http://ukbutterflies.co.uk/species.php?vernacular_name=Large%20Heath UK Butterflies]
* [http://www.arkive.org/species/ARK/invertebrates_terrestrial_and_freshwater/Coenonympha_tullia/ ARKive] Images, Video


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