# Pearly heath (*Coenonympha arcania*)

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Data as of: 2026-11-11

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

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| 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 |

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Lepidoptera
- family: Nymphalidae
- genus: Coenonympha
- species: *Coenonympha 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*

## Common questions

### 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.

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