#2991 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Pearly Heath

🇳🇱 Tweekleurig hooibeestje ·Coenonympha arcania

🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in Europe, not in NL

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Соколков Юрий Павлович · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Felix Riegel · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Nikolai Vladimirov · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © Shamil Murtazin · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Roberto Sindaco · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

Coenonympha arcania , the pearly heath , is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It can be found in Central Europe. It resembles Coenonympha hero .

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 15,921iNaturalist observations

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

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
15,921 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named in 1761 (265 years ago).