False Ringlet

Weight

Not recorded

Length

Not recorded

Wingspan

3.4 cm – 4.2 cm

Lifespan

Not recorded

Main food

flowers

Habitat

grassland, shrubland, wetland

Young per litter or clutch

Not recorded

On the wing

May to August

Generations a year

One

Larval food plants

Poaceae family

Conservation status

Not recorded

Countries on record

Not recorded

Not recorded

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.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumArthropoda
3. classInsecta
4. orderLepidoptera
5. familyNymphalidae
6. genusCoenonympha
7. SpeciesCoenonympha oedippus Fabricius, 1787

Synonyms Coenonympha albina, Coenonympha amurensis, Coenonympha annulifer, Coenonympha antigone, Coenonympha anulisdiffusa, Coenonympha attigens, Coenonympha burdigalensisi, Coenonympha crasselineata, Coenonympha crassepupillata, Coenonympha deplumbea, Coenonympha excellens, Coenonympha gelini, Coenonympha geticus, Coenonympha hungarica, Coenonympha iphigenus, Coenonympha irregularis, Coenonympha lambertiei, Coenonympha lanceolata, Coenonympha leucotaenia, Coenonympha lucasi, Coenonympha magna, Coenonympha mariae, Coenonympha miris, Coenonympha monticola, Coenonympha nana, Coenonympha nobilis, Coenonympha obscurior, Coenonympha ocellaris, Coenonympha ocellata, Coenonympha oiwakensis, Coenonympha ornatissima, Coenonympha pedemontana, Coenonympha pylarge, Coenonympha spoliata, Coenonympha tristis, Coenonympha unicata, Papilio geticus, Papilio oedippus, Satyrus oedippus

Catalogue of Life

Small heath

Coenonympha pamphilus

Nymphalidae

P

Pearly heath

Coenonympha arcania

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

S

Scarce heath

Coenonympha hero

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

L

Large heath

Coenonympha tullia

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

D

Dusky heath

Coenonympha dorus

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

C

Corsican heath

Coenonympha corinna

NymphalidaeNo free photo yet

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@misc{false_ringlet_2026,
  title = {False Ringlet (Coenonympha oedippus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/false-ringlet},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}