| Family | Nymphalidae |
|---|---|
| Subfamily | Satyrinae |
| Genus | Coenonympha |
| Species | hero |
| Authority | (Linnaeus, [1760]) |
| English Name | Scarce Heath |
| European Red List 2010 | Vulnerable (VU) |
|---|---|
| EU 27 Red List 2010 | Vulnerable (VU) |
| European Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
| EU 27 Red List 2025 | Least Concern (LC) |
| Habitats Directive | HD II |
| Bern Convention | BC II |
| CITES |
The Scarce Heath occurs in damp to wet grassy meadows in or at the edges of woods. Sometimes, they occur away from woods in drier places or in flower-rich grassland. The butterflies are fond of settling in grass, and do not fly far, nor very often. Among the grasses they use as food are Tufted Hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa), and Bearded Couch (Elymus caninus). When half-grown, the caterpillar hibernates in a grass tussock, where it later also pupates. This species has one generation a year. It should be noted that this species is severely declining. (Many dots on the map actually represent already extinct populations.)
Austria / Belarus / Belgium (Regionally Extinct) / Belgium: Flanders (Regionally Extinct) / Belgium: Wallonia (Regionally Extinct) / Czechia (Regionally Extinct) / Denmark (Regionally Extinct) / Estonia / Finland (Irregular Vagrant) / France / France: Mainland / Germany / Latvia / Liechtenstein / Lithuania / Luxembourg (Regionally Extinct) / Netherlands (Regionally Extinct) / Norway / Poland / European Russia / Slovakia / Sweden / Switzerland (Regionally Extinct) / Ukraine /