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Pearly heath

Coenonympha arcania Linnaeus, 1761

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

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

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Quick facts about the pearly heath

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Wingspan
3.1 cm – 4 cm
Lifespan
Not recorded
Diet
Nectarivore
Main food
flowers
Habitat
forest, grassland, shrubland
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Active
By day (diurnal)
On the wing
May to September
Generations a year
One
Larval food plants
Poaceae family
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

How big is the pearly heath?

PEARLY HEATH · WINGSPAN 4 CMADULT HUMAN · HEIGHT 1.7 M
At 4 cm, the recorded maximum wingspan of the pearly heath is about 2.4% of the height of an adult human (1.7 m, a fixed reference used for scale).

Where does the pearly heath live?

Not recorded

Is the pearly 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 pearly heath classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyNymphalidae
  6. genusCoenonympha
  7. SpeciesCoenonympha arcania Linnaeus, 1761

Synonyms Chortobius arcanius, Coenonympha addenda, Coenonympha anticaeca, Coenonympha apicalis, Coenonympha arcania arcania, Coenonympha arcania balestrei, Coenonympha arcania cephalidarwiniana, Coenonympha arcania cephalus, Coenonympha arcania fulvosatura, Coenonympha arcania var. darwiniana, Coenonympha badensis, Coenonympha balestrei, Coenonympha baltica, Coenonympha bavarica, Coenonympha biocellata, Coenonympha bipupillata, Coenonympha brayi, Coenonympha caeca, Coenonympha carnica, Coenonympha caucasica, Coenonympha cephalidarwiniana, Coenonympha chrysoaspida, Coenonympha clorinda, Coenonympha confluens, Coenonympha crassolimbo, Coenonympha darwiniana, Coenonympha darwiniana cephalidarwiniana, Coenonympha decolorata, Coenonympha defasciata, Coenonympha diaphana, Coenonympha dubia, Coenonympha dupuyi, Coenonympha elliptica, Coenonympha epiphilea, Coenonympha euthymia, Coenonympha exocellata, Coenonympha gardetta, Coenonympha gardetta lecerfi, Coenonympha gracilis, Coenonympha heroides, Coenonympha hoefneri, Coenonympha huebneri, Coenonympha impunctata, Coenonympha infraparvocellata, Coenonympha insubrica, Coenonympha insubridarwiniana, Coenonympha leandroides, Coenonympha lecerfi, Coenonympha lineigera, Coenonympha lundbladi, Coenonympha luxurians, Coenonympha macromma, Coenonympha macrophthalmica, Coenonympha maesta, Coenonympha marmorata, Coenonympha mattiaca, Coenonympha melania, Coenonympha minora, Coenonympha multiocellaris, Coenonympha neoclides, Coenonympha obscura, Coenonympha obsoleta, Coenonympha ocellaris, Coenonympha opposita, Coenonympha pallida, Coenonympha parvinsubrica, Coenonympha philea, Coenonympha philedarwiniana, Coenonympha punctata, Coenonympha rischeri, Coenonympha rufa, Coenonympha rufobrunnea, Coenonympha saleviana, Coenonympha satyrion, Coenonympha satyrionschymae, Coenonympha schimae, Coenonympha secunda, Coenonympha suprophthalmica, Coenonympha tenuelimbo, Coenonympha tergestina, Coenonympha triumphans, Coenonympha tyrrhena, Coenonympha unicolor, Coenonympha venata, Coenonympha virtunensis, Coenonympha vorbrodti, Coenonympha wagneri, Papilio arcania, Papilio cephalus, Papilio gardetta, Papilio neoclides, Papilio philea, Papilio satyrion, Philea orientalis, Satyrus arcanius

Other names and names in other languages (33)
  • Пъстрокрило сатирчеBulgarian
  • lleonada de matollarCatalan
  • okáč strdivkovýCzech
  • ArcaniaDanish
  • Weißbindiges WiesenvögelchenGerman
  • Ninfa PerladaSpanish
  • Kirju-aasasilmikEstonian
  • kirjoniittyperhonenFinnish
  • ArcanieFrench
  • Bjelokrili okašSerbian (Latin)
  • Bjeloprugasta ptičica tratineCroatian
  • fehéröves szénalepkeHungarian
  • Cenoninfa scuraItalian
  • Wäissgesträiftenen HeefalterLuxembourgish
  • Krūminis SatyriukasLithuanian
  • Lauka sīksamtenisLatvian
  • perleringvingeNorwegian Bokmål
  • Tweekleurig hooibeestjeDutch
  • perleringvengNorwegian Nynorsk
  • Strzępotek perełkowiecPolish
  • Сенница арканияRussian
  • Očkáň medničkovýSlovak
  • Grmiščni okarčekSlovenian
  • Бисерна нимфаSerbian
  • pärlgräsfjärilSwedish
  • Funda Zıpzıp PerisiTurkish
  • Прочанок АрканіяUkrainian
  • Okkergul græsrandøjeDanish
  • PerlemorrandøjeDanish
  • Skov-dværgrandøjeDanish
  • PerlgrasfalterGerman
  • CéphaleFrench
  • Сатир белополосыйRussian

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the pearly heath

Other species in the same genus Coenonympha.

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 pearly heath?

An adult pearly heath has a wingspan of 3.1 cm – 4 cm, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

What does the pearly heath eat?

Its recorded main food is flowers.

What kind of animal is the pearly heath?

The pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania) 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). Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearly-heath

MLA

“Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearly-heath.

BibTeX
@misc{pearly_heath_2026,
  title = {Pearly heath (Coenonympha arcania)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/pearly-heath},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}