LYCAENIDAE - HAIRSTREAKS, SMALL COPPER

Brown Hairstreak   Thecla betulae

Female,   Grafton Wood, Worcestershire.   3rd September 2012

Female,   Grafton Wood, Worcestershire.   3rd September 2012

Female,   Grafton Wood, Worcestershire.   19th August 2012

Female,   Bernwood Meadows, Bucks.   19th August 2011

Male,   Kithurst Hill Meadow, East Sussex.   6th August 2023

Purple Hairstreak   Quercusia quercus

Male,   Fermyn Woods, Northants.   4th July 2011

Female,   Havant Thicket, Hampshire.   18th July 2021

Male,   Prees Heath, Shropshire.   13th July 2017

Male,   Prees Heath, Shropshire.   23rd June 2020

Male,   Prees Heath, Shropshire.   2nd July 2023
Seems to be feeding on something on the surface of the leaf, possibly honeydew.

Green Hairstreak   Callophrys rubi

Cut-thorn Hill, Cheshire   21st April 2015

Cut-thorn Hill, Cheshire   21st April 2015

Cut-thorn Hill, Cheshire   3rd May 2023

White-letter Hairstreak   Satyrium w-album

Fermyn Woods, Northants.   4th July 2025

Hollingbury Park, Brighton   7th July 2017

Hollingbury Park, Brighton   7th July 2017

Hollingbury Park, Brighton   7th July 2017

Black Hairstreak   Satyrium pruni

Female. Glapthorn Cow Pastures, Northants.   4th July 2013

Female. Glapthorn Cow Pastures, Northants.   4th July 2013

Female. Ditchling Common, E. Sussex.   20th June 2019

Male. Ditchling Common, E. Sussex.   20th June 2019

Small Copper   Lycaena phlaeas

Male,   Cut-thorn Hill, Cheshire.   24th May 2010

Longstone Edge, Derbyshire.   21st August 2013

ab. caeruleopunctata.   Kithurst Hill, West Sussex.   14th August 2021

ab. caeruleopunctata.   Longstone Edge, Derbyshire.   26th August 2016

Underside,   Cissbury Ring, West Sussex.   16th August 2021