Satyrium pruni BLACK HAIRSTREAK

Description

Taxonomy Identification: Family Lycaenidae. First named by Linnaeus, in 1758

Colour: The basic colour of the topside (recto) is brown with twin orange spots at the margin of the hind-wing. Females are an orange “flush” on the forewing, absent in males. The underside (verso) is pale brown with faint white dotted lines and black spots on the fore and hind-wing. A row of orange and black spots border the lower forewing ending in a single “tail” – similar in colour to the white letter hairstreak 

Size: Wingspan 28-33 mm

Comments & Applications:  This butterfly is found locally across Europe inhabiting scrub, and woodland where mature blackthorns grow. This is one of Britain’s rarest butterfly species and is confined to local colonies that follows a line of clays between Oxfordshire in the south-west and Cambridgeshire in the north-east. Rarely available as cabinet specimens, we offer European and antique specimens from time to time.

Our unique selection of British and European butterflies is a perfect stepping stone into building your own cabinet reference collection. Also useful in education and taxonomy. An ideal subject for closeup photography, film, media, artistry, interior design, craft frames and dome applications.

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Format: Supplied SET, wings spread, mounted on a pin, cabinet ready with locational data OR Papered / Unmounted requiring relaxing and setting

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