Green hairstreak

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Green hairstreak
Green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

Green hairstreak ( Callophrys rubi )

Systematics
Class : Insects (Insecta)
Order : Butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Family : Bluebirds (Lycaenidae)
Subfamily : Lycaeninae
Genre : Callophrys
Type : Green hairstreak
Scientific name
Callophrys rubi
( Linnaeus , 1758)

The Green Hairstreak ( Callophrys rubi ), also blackberry Hairstreak called, is a butterfly ( butterfly ) from the family of Gossamer (Lycaenidae). It owes its name to the green underside of its wings, which camouflages it very well in the foliage. The working group of Rheinisch-Westfälischer Lepidopterologen and the BUND NRW Naturschutzstiftung voted him butterfly of the year 2020.

features

butterfly

The wingspan of the moth is about 25 millimeters. On the upper side, the wings are gray-brown, on the grass-green underside of the wing there is a white, broken line in the post-disk region . Callophrys rubi cannot be confused with any other species due to its distinctive wing underside. There is a scented scale spot on the front wings of the males . The wing edges are serrated slightly arched and have white and brown fringes. The solid white line on the underside of the wing serves as a distinguishing feature.

Front view of the head

Caterpillar

The basic color of the caterpillar is pale green. There are yellow oblique drawings and yellow stripes on the back and sides. The back stripe is dark green.

Similar species

Flight time

The Green Hairstreak is univoltin , i. i.e., it produces only one generation per year that flies from March to June / July.

habitat

Dry, warm locations such as scrubland, heaths , semi-open meadows or grasslands and forest edges are settled. The species occurs only in poor habitats with a bond to bushes.

Way of life

The forage plants of the caterpillars are very diverse, including: winged gorse ( Chamaespartium sagittale ), dyer's gorse ( Genista tinctoria ), blueberry ( Vaccinium myrtillus ), bogberry ( Vaccinium uliginosum ), sun rose ( Helianthemum ) and finger herbs ( Potentilla ), but also horn clover ( Lotus corniculatus ). The caterpillars mainly eat the flowers and young seeds. The pupa hibernates. The males show territorial behavior.

distribution

The green hairstreak is very widespread from North Africa across Europe to Siberia . In the north, the species even occurs as far as the arctic Fennoscandinavia .

status

It has become rare in many places.

swell

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lepiforum e. V. , accessed January 10, 2015
  2. ↑ a b W. Düring: Grüner Zipfelfalter. In: Species portraits of butterflies in Rhineland-Palatinate. BUND RLP, December 20, 2019, accessed on March 7, 2020 (German).

literature

  • Tom Tolman, Richard Lewington: The butterflies of Europe and Northwest Africa . Franckh-Kosmos, Stuttgart 1998, ISBN 3-440-07573-7 .
  • Hans-Josef Weidemann: Butterflies: observe, determine . Naturbuch-Verlag, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-89440-115-X .
  • Butterflies. 2. Special part: Satyridae, Libytheidae, Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae . In: Günter Ebert, Erwin Rennwald (eds.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . 1st edition. tape 2 . Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 1991, ISBN 3-8001-3459-4 .
  • Günter Ebert (Ed.): The butterflies of Baden-Württemberg . With contribution from Ulrich Bense. 1st edition. tape 10 . Supplementary volume. Ulmer, Stuttgart (Hohenheim) 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4383-6 , pp. 312 f .
  • Manfred Koch : We determine butterflies. Volume 1: Butterfly. 4th enlarged edition. Neumann, Radebeul / Berlin 1966, DNB 457244224 .
  • Elizabeth Balmer: Butterflies: Recognizing and Identifying. Parragon Books, 2007, ISBN 9781407512037 , p. 70.

Web links

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