---
title: "Ringlet"
description: "Aphantopus hyperantus — Insects & spiders. The ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/ringlet
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Ringlet

> Aphantopus hyperantus — Insects & spiders. The ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae.

- Scientific name: *Aphantopus hyperantus*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `grassland` (Fields & meadows)
- iNaturalist observations: 47719
- Wikidata: [Q161520](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q161520)
- iNaturalist taxon: [62426](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/62426)

## Names

- en: Ringlet
- de: Schornsteinfeger
- es: Sortijitas
- fr: Tristan
- nl: Koevinkje
- pl: Przestrojnik trawnik

## Countries with the most observations

GB (11751), DE (6036), RU (4408), DK (4076), PL (2469), FI (2390), CZ (2133), AT (1969), FR (1631), SE (1437), LT (1074), CH (818)

## Summary

The ringlet (Aphantopus hyperantus) is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is only one of the numerous "ringlet" butterflies in the tribe Satyrini.

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

## Photo

![Ringlet](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/ringlet/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tomas Pocius · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/301024786

## Machine access

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