#2517 · 🦋 butterflies & moths

Purple hairstreak

🇳🇱 Eikenpage ·Favonius quercus

LCleast concern 🦋 Butterflies & moths 📍 in the Netherlands

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © markus lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
3. © Paolo Mazzei · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Zdeňka Nováková · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. Drunen, Nederland:© Paul Cools · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. Ysselsteyn, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Noordoostelijk van Schaarsbergen, Arnhem, Nederland:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Elburg, Nederland:© André Nagelhout · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. 7261 HV Ruurlo, Nederländerna:© soortenpakker · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Nederweert, Limburg, Netherlands:© Chris van Swaay · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The purple hairstreak ( Neozephyrus quercus ) is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae distributed throughout much of Europe, North Africa, Anatolia, Caucasia, and Transcaucasia. The larva feeds on Quercus robur , Quercus petraea , Quercus cerris and Quercus ilex .

base stats

NL sightings 196iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,286iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).