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Small Heath (butterfly)
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[Photo] Small Heath Butterfly (Coenonympha pamphilus). Deutsch: Kleines Wiesenvögelchen. Source: picture taken by Olaf Leillinger (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:olei) on 1998-05-09. Location: Steinbrüche zwischen Winkwitz und Zadel bei Meißen (Germany).

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The Small Heath (Coenonympha pamphilus) is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae. It is widespread in Eurasia and northwestern Africa. Its caterpillars eat grasses.

It looks like a small Meadow Brown.

Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Coenonympha
Species: Coenonympha pamphilus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms

Coenonympha major Pionneau, 1929
Coenonympha tardenota Caruel, 1944
Coenonympha antelatecana Verity, 1953
Coenonympha nigromarginata Lempke, 1931
Coenonympha transiens Caruel, 1944
Coenonympha tunioti Caruel, 1944

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