BioImages (UK)
BIOTA
(living things)
Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)
ANIMALIA
(animals)
BILATERIA
(bilaterally symmetrical animals)
ECDYSOZOA
(skin shedders)
ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)
HEXAPODA
(hexapods)
INSECTA
(insects)
ENDOPTERYGOTA
(insects with wings developing internally)
LEPIDOPTERA
(butterflies and moths)
DITRYSIA
(the major suborder of moths)
PAPILIONOIDEA
(butterflies)
LYCAENIDAE
(blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
Callophrys rubi
(Green Hairstreak)
<- back - fore ->

BioImages: The Virtual Field-Guide (UK)

Callophrys rubi Linnaeus (Green Hairstreak)

Suggested Literature

Identification Works

Revels, R., 2005, Green Hairstreak, British Wildlife, Volume 16, No. 6: 418 Green Hairstreak

Callophrys rubi 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 Callophrys rubi:

larva larva is endoparasitoid host of larva Cadurciella tritaeniata - a parasitoid fly (Diptera: Tachinidae) Restricted Belshaw, R., 1993

Callophrys rubi 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)

Creative Commons License
Unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material on the BioImages website by Malcolm Storey is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.0 UK: England & Wales