#2434 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Ringlet
🇳🇱 Koevinkje ·Aphantopus hyperantus
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what is it?
Note that information on this species applies to Western Europe and some details may not be consistent with the species in other parts of its range.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- Spotted 511 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #50 most seen of the butterflies & moths in NL.
- 47,911 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Ringlet
- Nederlands
- Koevinkje
- scientific name
- Aphantopus hyperantus
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Nymphalidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 511
- sightings in Europe
- 44,476
- sightings worldwide
- 47,911
- GBIF records in NL
- 71,605
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1758
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
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#2397 📷 9Painted Lady
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Sources: iNaturalist taxon 62426, Wikidata Q161520, GBIF 1896841, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.