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Purple hairstreak
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The purple hairstreak (Favonius quercus) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae distributed throughout much of Europe,[2] North Africa, Anatolia, Caucasia, and Transcaucasia.[3] The larva feeds on Quercus robur, Quercus petraea, Quercus cerris and Quercus ilex.
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Purple hairstreak | |
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Male Alners Gorse, Dorset | |
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Female underside Whitecross Green Wood, Oxfordshire | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Favonius |
Species: | F. quercus |
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Favonius quercus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
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