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Laeosopis roboris (Spanish Purple Hairstreak)

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Wikipedia Abstract

The Spanish Purple Hairstreak (Laeosopis roboris) is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and the South-East France. The wingspan is 12–15 mm. The butterfly flies from April to October depending on the location. The larvae feed primarily on Fraxinus excelsior, but also other Fraxinus species and possibly Ligustrum vulgare.
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Infraspecies

Laeosopis roboris demissa
Laeosopis roboris higginsi
Laeosopis roboris lusitanica
Laeosopis roboris magis
Laeosopis roboris mudarra
Laeosopis roboris portaensis
Laeosopis roboris thiersi

Prey / Diet

Fraxinus excelsior (European ash)[1]

Consumers

Pollinator of 
Rubus laciniatus laciniatus (elmleaf blackberry)[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
♦ 2Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0