Pollinator
Common ringlet
Coenonympha tullia
A small, pale ochre satyr that dances low over northern grasslands.
- Family
- Nymphalidae (satyrs)
- Wingspan
- 1.3 to 1.8 in (3.4 to 4.6 cm)
- Flight season
- Late spring to summer
- Range
- Northern and western North America
- Caterpillar food
- Grasses
- Conservation
- Secure and widespread
The common ringlet is a little butterfly of soft ochre and cream, sometimes with a small eyespot, easily overlooked as it flutters low over meadows and roadside grass.
It has spread widely in recent decades and is now common across the northern states and Canada, flying in one or two broods.
Caterpillars feed on grasses, so it thrives wherever native bunchgrasses are left standing.
Plants for the common ringlet
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Sources
- Butterflies and Moths of North America ↗
- iNaturalist ↗
- Plant associations from GloBI flower-visit records and NPIN larval-host data. Butterfly photographs via iNaturalist (CC BY).