Purple hairstreak
Favonius quercus
currently accepted name:Quercusia quercus (1758)
Synonyms: Quercusia quercus
Order Lepidoptera. Family Lycaenidae.
Photo: Didier Descouens / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
Description
The purple hairstreak (Favonius quercus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae distributed throughout much of Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, Caucasia, and Transcaucasia.
Traits
- Wingspan
- 28–38 mm
- Flight period
- June–August
- Host plants
- oak
- Generations per year
- 1
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Photographs
Adalbert Seitz / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
Links
Source: {'label': 'Wikipedia', 'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purple_hairstreak'}