Callophrys rubi
         
Green Hairstreak  
L'Argus vert  
           
 
 
   
1] male of Callophrys rubi - Var (France) - 01/04/2011

 
  2] close-up of the face of a male ; in this species,  eyes are circled with a white colour and the forehead often shows green hair like on this picture - Var (France) - 06/04/2009  
       
       
   
3] other male - Var (France) - 01/04/2011   4] male - Var (France) - 12/03/2014  
       
       
   
5] male alt.1558m Hautes Pyrénées (France) - 19/04/2021   6] male alt.333m - Haute Saône (France) - 09/04/2010  
       
       
   
7] male - Var (France) - 05/04/2009   8] male - Doubs (France) - 19/04/2010  
       
       
   
9] male - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 26/04/2018   10] male alt.563m - Pyrénées orientales (France) - 28/03/2021  
       
       
   
11] specimen with bold white markings - Var (France) - 02/04/2011   12] female of Callophrys rubi - Doubs (France) - 17/04/2010  
       
       
   
13] female alt.10m - Var (France) - 02/04/2011   14] female alt.123m - Haute Garonne (France) - 16/04/2021  
       
       
   
15] female - Haute Saône (France) - 24/04/2010   16] female - Var (France) - 05/04/2009  
       
       
   
17] mating pair (female above) - Ain (France) - 21/04/2015
 
  18] same individual as 15], laying on a flower bud of Genista sagittalis (dry grassland)  
       
       
   
19] female - Ain (France) - 25/04/2009
 
  20] same individual as 19], laying on a flower bud of Helianthemum apenninum (dry grassland)  
       
       
   
21] female laying on a flower bud of Cornus sanguinea (dry grassland) - Haute Saône (France) - 01/05/2008   22] female laying on a flower bud of Genista pilosa (dry grassland) - Haute Saône (France) - 25/04/2010  
       
       
   
23] egg on Genista sagittalis - Haute Saône (France) - 24/04/2010   24] eggs on Genista sagittalis - Haute Saône (France) - 08/05/2010  
       
       
   
25] egg on Lotus sp. - Haute Saône (France) - 28/04/2010
 
  26] young caterpillar on Genista sagittalis - Haute Saône (France) - 08/05/2010  
       
       
   
27] other caterpillar on Genista sagittalis - Haute Saône (France) - 14/05/2009   28] other caterpillar on Genista sagittalis - Haute Saône (France) - 14/05/2009  
       
       
     
29] other caterpillar on Genista sagittalis - Haute Saône (France) - 14/05/2009      
       
       
       
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