The Large Heath or Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia) is a butterfly

Butterfly

A butterfly is a mainly day-flying insect of the order Lepidoptera, which includes the butterflies and moths. Like other holometabolous insects, the butterfly's life cycle consists of four parts: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Most species are diurnal. Butterflies have large, often brightly coloured...

 in the family Nymphalidae

Nymphalidae

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. It flies in variety of grassy habitats, including roadsides, woodland edges and clearings, prairies, bogs, and arctic and alpine taiga and tundra. It is a poor flyer, but can sometimes be found along ditches seeking new grounds. It is common to northern Europe

Europe

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 and Asia

Asia

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 and across North America

North America

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Subspecies

• C. t. ampelos (W. H. Edwards, 1871) – Northwest Common Ringlet
• C. t. benjamini (McDunnough, 1928) – Prairie Ringlet
• C. t. brenda
• C. t. bosniae (Davenport, 1941)
• C. t. california (Westwood, 1851) – California Ringlet
• C. t. columbiana (McDunnough, 1928) – Ringlet
• C. t. davus (Fabricius, 1777)
• C. t. elko (W. H. Edwards, 1881)
• C. t. elwesi (Davenport, 1941)
• C. t. eryngii (Hy. Edwards
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  , 1877)
• C. t. eunomia (Dornfeld, 1967)
• C. t. furcae (W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
• C. t. gliwa
• C. t. haydenii (W. H. Edwards, 1872) – Hayden's Common Ringlet
• C. t. inornata (W. H. Edwards, 1861) – Inornate Common Ringlet
• C. t. insulanus (McDunnough, 1928) – Vancouver Ringlet
• C. t. kodiak (Edwards 1869) – Kodiak Ringlet
• C. t. mackenziei (D. Davenport, 1936) – Mackenzie's Ringlet
• C. t. mcisaaci (dos Passos, 1935) – McIsaac's Ringlet
• C. t. mixturata (Alphéraky, 1897)
• C. t. mono (Burdick, 1942) – (Common) Ringlet
• C. t. ochracea (W. H. Edwards, 1861) – Ochre (Common) Ringlet
• C. t. polydama (Haworth, 1803)
• C. t. pseudobrenda (Austin & R. Gray, 1998)
• C. t. scotica (Staudinger, 1901)
• C. t. sibirica (Davenport, 1941)
• C. t. subfusca (W. Barnes & Benjamin, 1926)
• C. t. suecica (Hemming, 1936)
• C. t. tullia (Müller
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  , 1764) – Common Ringlet
• C. t. viluiensis (Ménétriés, 1859)
• C. t. yontocket (Porter & Mattoon, 1989) – Yontocket Satyr Ringlet
• C. t. yukonensis (W. Holland, 1900) – Yukon Common Ringlet

Formerly a subspecies:

• Coenonympha nipisiquit
  Coenonympha nipisiquit
  The rare Maritime Ringlet is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is a "species at risk" in Canada due to water pollution and its limited range. Its range is restricted in Canada from New Brunswick to Quebec.-About:...
  
  (McDunnough, 1939) – Maritime Ringlet

External links

• Coenonympha tullia, ARKive - images and video
• Common Ringlet, E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Alberta