Pearly heath - Coenonympha arcania

Family: Satyridae Flight Time: May - August Size: 34-40mm Altitude: 50-1800m

There are a  number of 'Heaths' in Europe the big white area is characteristic for this one. Like other species of the genus Coenonympha they always settle with their wings closed. Identification is usually reasonably easy, the only possible confusion for this one is with Darwin's heath, Coenonympha darwiniana.