Forewing Length: 12-14mm

Egg	Larva	Pupa	Adult
August - March	April - June	June - July	June - September (Earliest: 22.7)

Biotopes:	Hedge Rows	Beech Forest
Food: (Larva) (Monophagous)	Quercus robur
Parasitoids:	Phryxe nemea Larva
Other Possible Parasitoids:	Many Ichneumonidae Larvae	Several Braconidae Larvae	Several Tachinidae Larvae

Catalogue of the Lepidoptera of Belgium: Favonius quercus
UK Butterflies Purple Hairstreak
Lepidoptera and Their Ecology: Quercusia quercus
Lepiforum: Favonius quercus

Pictures © 2003, 2011, 2012 J.K. Lindsey

Caution

Back to Ecology of Commanster