Callophrys rubi (Linnaeus, 1758)
(Green Hairstreak)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesCallophrys rubi (Green Hairstreak)
TribeEumaeini (a tribe of hairstreak butterflies)
SubfamilyTHECLINAE (hairstreak butterflies)
FamilyLYCAENIDAE (blues, coppers and hairstreaks)
SuperfamilyPAPILIONOIDEA (butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Callophrys rubi (Green Hairstreak) :
1: Callophrys rubi (Green Hairstreak)
10 Jun 2009 OSGR: SX77 50° 40’ N, 3° 40’ W Vice County: South Devon (VC 3) England
visiting yellow flowers at raodside
Image 1: Perched - showing undersideImage 2: Visiting Birds-foot TrefoilImage 3: Visiting Birds-foot Trefoil (2)Image 4: Visiting Birds-foot Trefoil (3)Image 5: Visiting Birds-foot Trefoil (4)Image 6: Visiting buttercupImage 7: Visiting buttercup (2)Image 8: Visiting buttercup (3)Image 9: Visiting TormentilImage 10: Visiting Tormentil (2)Image 11: Visiting buttercup - close-up - enlarged

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
Revels, R. 2005 Green Hairstreak Vol 16, No. 6 Page: 418

Callophrys rubi (Green Hairstreak) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Callophrys rubi (Green Hairstreak)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Callophrys rubi (Green Hairstreak)
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