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Corsican heath

Coenonympha corinna Hübner, 1803

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The corsican heath (Coenonympha corinna) is a species in the family Nymphalidae, order Lepidoptera.

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Quick facts about the corsican heath

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
2.6 cm – 2.9 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
flowers
Habitat
grassland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
On the wing
May, August to September
Generations a year
Several
Larval food plants
Poaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the corsican heath?

CORSICAN HEATH · WINGSPAN 2.9 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 2.9 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the corsican heath is about 1.7% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the corsican heath live?

Not recorded

Is the corsican heath endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the corsican heath classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusCoenonympha
  7. SpeciesCoenonympha corinna Hübner, 1803

Synonyms Coenonympha altera, Coenonympha anophthalmica, Coenonympha caeca, Coenonympha elbana, Coenonympha energica, Coenonympha gynandra, Coenonympha lefebvrei, Coenonympha macrophthalmica, Coenonympha nigricans, Coenonympha norax, Coenonympha ocellata, Coenonympha pallida, Coenonympha saturata, Papilio corinna

Other names and names in other languages (5)
  • okáč korsickýCzech
  • Korsischer HeufalterGerman
  • Fadet tyrrhénienFrench
  • Corsicaans hooibeestjeDutch
  • Fadet tyrrhénien (Le)French

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the corsican heath

Other species in the same genus Coenonympha.

Pearly heath

Coenonympha arcania

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

Large heath

Coenonympha tullia

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

Dusky heath

Coenonympha dorus

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

How big is the corsican heath?

An adult corsican heath has a wingspan of 2.6 cm – 2.9 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What does the corsican heath eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

What kind of animal is the corsican heath?

The corsican heath (Coenonympha corinna) belongs to the family Nymphalidae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Corsican heath (Coenonympha corinna). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/corsican-heath

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{corsican_heath_2026,
  title = {Corsican heath (Coenonympha corinna)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/corsican-heath},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}