Image to followAI-generated illustrationCoenonympha pamphilus
Coenonympha pamphilus
Family: NymphalidaeGenus: Coenonymphanative in Germany
native in Germany
native_regions-Cache · 85 %
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143
Plants
visited
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182
Interactions
documented
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14
Host plants
known
About this species
A multivoltine nymphalid butterfly recorded in Great Britain; it overwinters as a larva and adults are on the wing between April and September.
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Plant food
Yearly cycle
Overwinters as a larva; adults fly in multiple generations from April to September.
Merkmale
Ernährung & Verhalten
Food
oligophagous
Generationen/Jahr
multivoltine
Overwintering
larva
Scientific profile
Coenonympha pamphilus is a member of the family Nymphalidae. It exhibits multivoltine flight, with adults active from April to September. The larval stage is oligophagous, feeding on a restricted range of host plants, and is the overwintering stage.
Host plants
14 plants serve as food for the larvae
Festuca variaNardus strictaAgrostis calamagrostisPoa pilosaBrachypodium rupestreCynosurus cristatusUlmus laevisAnthoxanthum odoratumPoa annuaPoa nemoralisDeschampsia cespitosaSambucus nigraCerastium arvense subsp. arvenseLolium pratense
Visited plants
129 plants are visited by this species
Ranunculus polyanthemos subsp. serpensThymus serpyllumPotentilla argenteaGalium saxatileCentranthus ruberVicia craccaHypochaeris radicataVicia villosa subsp. villosaCentaurea cyanusCirsium arvenseArmeria maritima subsp. serpentiniBuddleja davidiiLeucanthemum vulgareVicia fabaMentha suaveolensRanunculus linguaTrifolium pratenseGalium verumEchium vulgareCrepis biennisLinum catharticumScabiosa columbaria subsp. pratensisComarum palustreTrifolium mediumRanunculus aquatilisPrunella vulgarisCentaurea nigra subsp. nigraTrifolium repens subsp. repensSuccisa pratensisMentha spicataTrifolium hybridumRanunculus repensCrepis vesicaria subsp. taraxacifoliaPolygala calcareaMentha aquaticaSolidago canadensisClinopodium acinosCirsium dissectumVicia sepiumCentaurea scabiosaPilosella officinarumPotentilla anserinaMentha arvensisStellaria mediaCirsium heterophyllumPotentilla reptansScorzoneroides autumnalisVicia sylvaticaTripolium pannonicumThymus pulegioides
Sources & data origin
•Cook et al. (2025) UK Butterfly & Moth Traits (DOI: 10.5285/dbc7cc17-cbbd-49dd-bab4-8e8855768d66)
•Interaktionsdaten via GloBI (CC-BY 4.0)
•Neff et al. (2025) — Swiss Moth Traits, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14506883 (CC BY)
•GBIF Backbone Taxonomy — GBIF Secretariat (2024), DOI: 10.15468/39omei (CC BY 4.0)
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