Provence hairstreak - Tomares ballus
Family: Lycaenidae.
Flight Time: January - May.
Size: 28-30mm
Altitude: 300-1300m
A kind of strange cross between a Green hairstreak Callophrys rubi and a Small copper Lycaena phlaeas. Likes to be low down on clover and such like seems fairly widespread in S. Spain and S. Portugal.
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Medicago species.
Open meadows with short grass
Early Stages
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