NEOZEPHYRUS QUERCUS
| English name: | Purple Hairstreak |
| Norwegian name: | Eikstjertvinge |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Original description: | as Papilio Plebejus quercus in Syst.Nat. (Edn. 10) I: 482. |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of nominate species: | England. |
| Subspecies in Norway: | N. q. quercus. |
| Worldwide distribution: | NW Africa, Europe, temperate parts of Asia to Kazakhstan. |
N. quercus quercus | |
| Auctor: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
| Syn.: | -- |
| Type locality of subspecies: | England. |
| Distribution in Norway: | Near coast of South Norway. |
| Notes: | - - - |
| Described forms found in Norway: | - - - |
| Etymology: | quercus = oak. |
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| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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NEOZEPHYRUS QUERCUS QUERCUS |
| Specimen | Kommune | Coll. date | Legit | In coll. | Remarks | ||
| 1 | 6 | AAY | Lillesand | 28-VII-1982 | Geir E. E. Søli | ZMO | m |
| 2 | 6 | AAY | Tvedestrand | 18-VIII-1944 | Jan Kielland | ZMO | m |
| 3 | 18 | TEY | Porsgrunn | 03-VIII-1990 | S. K. Hansen | ZMO | m - ventral view |
| 4 | 18 | TEY | Porsgrunn | 01-VIII-1990 | S. K. Hansen | ZMO | m - ventral view |
| 5 | 19 | Ø | Moss | 03-VII-1919 | M. A. Grude-Nielsen | ZMO | f |
| 6 | 19 | Ø | Moss | 28-VII-1910 | Emil Barca | ZMO | f |
| 7 | 28 | BØ | Lier | Lauritz Martin Esmark | ZMO | f | |
| 8 | 20 | Ø | Rakkestad | 12-VIII-1986 | Per Tangen | ZMO | f - ventral view |
For further notes, photos and
maps of this species, check out
the Lepidoptera homepage of the Zoological Museum of
Oslo/Norwegian Entomological Society/Skogforsk
(text
in Norwegian).
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