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Quercusia quercus Linnaeus (Purple Hairstreak)

Records (and photo sets)

Taxon Summary Date Vice-county Country #photos
Quercusia quercus Larva 11 May 2007 Berks England 22
Quercusia quercus Imago 14 July 2006 North Hampshire England 3

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Revels, R., 2003, Male (right) and female Purple Hairstreak on oak, British Wildlife, Vol 14, No. 5: 344 Male (right) and female Purple Hairstreak on oak

Quercusia quercus may also be covered by literature listed under:

BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)

Feeding and other inter-species relationships

Associated with Quercusia quercus:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Aplomya confinis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
Photos larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Bactromyia aurulenta - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993 [NHM]
larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe magnicornis - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993
Photos larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Phryxe nemea - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Belshaw, R., 1993

Quercusia quercus may be associated with more taxa listed at higher taxonomic level

ANIMALIA
(animals)
INSECTA
(insects)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
LYCAENIDAE
(blues, coppers and hairstreaks)

References

Belshaw, R., 1993 Tachinid Flies (Diptera: Tachinidae)

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