Epistrophe eligans (Harris, [1780])
(a hoverfly)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesEpistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
GenusEpistrophe (a genus of hoverflies)
TribeSyrphini (a tribe of hoverflies)
SubfamilySYRPHINAE (a subfamily of hoverflies)
FamilySYRPHIDAE (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies, hoverfly)
SuperfamilySYRPHOIDEA (hover flies, drone flies, flower flies & big-headed flies)
InfraorderEremoneura - Cyclorrhapha (an infraorder of flies)
OrderDIPTERA (two-winged flies)
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 Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly) :
1: Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
7 Jun 2016 OSGR: SY67 50° 30’ N, 2° 30’ W Vice County: Dorset (VC 9) England
Male, in flight
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Wing - highly enlarged - white background
2: Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
13 May 2015 OSGR: SZ19 50° 50’ N, 1° 50’ W Vice County: South Hants (VC 11) England
Male, in flight
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 2: Male - head and thorax - dorsal view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 3: Male - head and thorax - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 4: Male - head - anterior view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 5: Male - lateral view - highly enlarged - silver backgroundImage 6: Male - ventral view - highly enlarged - silver background
3: Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
30 May 1998 OSGR: SU97 51° 30’ N, 0° 40’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, at MV
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apartImage 2: Female - lateral viewImage 3: Female - ventral view
4: Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
24 May 1997 OSGR: SU67 51° 30’ N, 1° 0’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Male, on Birch leaf
Image 1: Male - dorsal view - wings togetherImage 2: Male - dorsal view - wings together (2)
5: Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
5 May 1997 OSGR: SU57 51° 30’ N, 1° 10’ W Vice County: Berks (VC 22) England
Female, visiting Hawthorn flowers
Image 1: Female - dorsal view - wings apart

Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 1 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for Epistrophe eligans (a hoverfly)
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