Coenonympha saadi, the Saadi heath is a butterfly belonging to the family Nymphalidae. The species is distributed in Transcaucasia, Iran, Iraq, and south-eastern Turkey.Butterfly Conservation Europe http://www.butterfly-conservation-armenia.org/coenonympha-saadi.html
Its flight period lasts from early May to late June, sometimes to early July in single generation.
The species inhabits arid sparse woodlands, desert and semi-desert areas. Host plants are Poa annua and other grasses.
Subspecies Coenonympha saadi saadi Coenonympha saadi iphias Eversmann, 1851 (Transcaucasia)
References
External links "Coenonympha Hübner, " at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms