Brush-footed Butterflies (Family Nymphalidae)
  Satyrs (Subfamily Satyrinae)
   
Common Ringlet (Coenonympha tullia)
   

Occurrence: Statewide (except Nantucket?) - resident

Abundance: Common to abundant; maximum 3000

Flight Period: May 15 - October 19 (mainly late May to late June, e. August to early Sept.)

Notes: A fairly recent colonizer of Massachusetts from the north

 

Status report courtesy of Brian Cassie

 
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