Callophrys rubi | Wildlife Insight

Green Hairstreak butterfly

by Claire Ogden on 20 May 2011 with No Comments

You won’t believe this but the Green Hairstreak is in fact a brown butterfly! It’s just that you never get to see them settled with their wings open and so always see the brilliant metallic green undersides as shown. Insight … Read More

Caterpillar: Green Hairstreak (Callophrys rubi)

by Claire Ogden on 5 August 2010 with No Comments

Common name: Green Hairstreak Latin name: Callophrys rubi Family: Hairstreaks (Lycaenidae >> Theclinae) Type: Butterfly larva or caterpillar This photo Date: 4 August Location: Morwenstow, North Cornwall