Callophrys avis
         
Chapman's Green Hairstreak  
La Thécla de l'arbousier  
           
 
 
 
   
1] male of Callophrys avis - Var (France) - 06/04/2012
 
  2] close-up of the face, showing the reddish colour around the eyes and also on the forehead (same specimen as 1] )  
       
       
   
3] same specimen as 1]
 
  4] female of Callophrys avis resting on Arbutus unedo - Var (France) - 06/04/2012  
       
       
   
5] same specimen as 4]   6] same specimen as 4], close-up of the head  
       
       
   
7] same specimen as 4], close-up of the head   8] Var (France) - 18/04/2011  
       
       
   
9] female resting on Arbutus unedo - Var (France) - 02/04/2011    10] same specimen as 9]
 
 
       
       
   
11] specimen of Callophrys avis caught by a predator - Var (France) - 18/04/2011   12] same scene as 11]
 
 
       
       
   
13] same scene as 11]   14] old specimen - Var (France) - 18/04/2011  
       
       
       
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