Hertfordshire & Middlesex Branch

Lycanenidae 2 - Theclinae
(The Hairstreaks)

This page includes all the pictures of Hairstreaks photographed in Europe and shown on the Sightings page

Note: Photographs are accepted as being correctly identified by the named photographer and this website accepts no responsibility for misidentification. It is noted that some species can be found in Great Britain but are included as the photograph was taken in another European country. No details of distribution or status will be given.

Species Name	Scientific Name
Ilex Hairstreak	Satyrium ilicis
Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
False Ilex Hairstreak	Satyrium esculi
Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
61.004 BF1557 - Purple Hairstreak	Favonius quercus
Maritime Alps France © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Spanish Purple Hairstreak	Laeosopis roboris
Southern France © photo: Roger Gibbons

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Sloe Hairstreak	Satyrium acaciae
Les Arcs, Var France © photo: Roger Gibbons	Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows

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Species Name	Scientific Name
Blue-spot Hairstreak	Satyrium spini
Spanish Pyrenees © photo: Clive Burrows	Risoul, Alpes du Haute Provence France © photo: Roger Gibbons
Spain © photo: Ian Hardy