Coenonympha orientalis

Coenonympha orientalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Coenonympha
Species:
C. orientalis
Binomial name
Coenonympha orientalis
(Rebel, 1910)

Coenonympha orientalis is a small butterfly found in the Palearctic that belongs to the browns family. It is found in the Balkans (Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Montenegro, Serbia).

Taxonomy

Coenonympha orientalis has previously been regarded as a subspecies of Coenonympha gardetta or of Coenonympha leander. Molecular data indicate differentiation of C. orientalis from both C. gardetta and C. leander. For more information

See also

References

  1. ↑ REBEL, H. (1904): Studien über die Lepidopterenfauna der Balkanländer. II. Teil. Bosnien und Herzegowina. — Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 19: 97-377 + Taf. IV-V.
  2. ↑ IUCN Redlist Coenonympha orientalis