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title: "Pearly Heath"
description: "Coenonympha arcania — Insects & spiders. Coenonympha arcania, the pearly heath, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/pearly-heath
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pearly Heath

> Coenonympha arcania — Insects & spiders. Coenonympha arcania, the pearly heath, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Coenonympha arcania*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 15782
- Wikidata: [Q938009](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q938009)
- iNaturalist taxon: [125815](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/125815)

## Names

- en: Pearly Heath
- de: Weißbindiges Wiesenvögelchen
- es: Ninfa Perlada
- fr: Céphale
- nl: Tweekleurig hooibeestje
- pl: Strzępotek perełkowiec

## Countries with the most observations

IT (3074), FR (1964), ES (1723), DE (1290), AT (944), RU (805), UA (610), SE (549), PL (444), LT (404), CZ (366), HU (182)

## Summary

Coenonympha arcania, the pearly heath, is a butterfly species belonging to the family Nymphalidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coenonympha_arcania

## Photo

![Pearly Heath](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pearly-heath/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jean-Paul Boerekamps · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/224836870

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pearly-heath?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).