Chapman's Green Hairstreak (Callophrys avis)
| Family | Lycaenidae |
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| Subfamily | Theclinae |
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| Genus | Callophrys |
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| Species | avis |
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| Authority | Chapman, 1909 |
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| English Name | Chapman's Green Hairstreak |
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| European Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2010 | Least Concern (LC) |
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| European Red List 2025 | Near Threatened (NT) |
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| EU 27 Red List 2025 | Near Threatened (NT) |
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| Habitats Directive | |
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| Bern Convention | |
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| CITES | |
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Description
Chapman’s Green Hairstreak is mostly found in woods and scrubs where the Strawberry Tree
(Arbutus unedo) grows. The female chooses the young leaves of the older, larger bushes on which to
lay her eggs. Coriaria myrtifolia and the broom Cytisus malacitanus ssp. catalaunicus have also been named
as foodplants. It pupates on the ground at the foot of the foodplant. It is single-brooded.
Distribution
France / France: Mainland / Italy / Italy: Mainland / Portugal / Portugal: Mainland / Spain / Spain: Mainland /
Larval Foodplants
| # | Order | Family | Genus | Species | Vernacular Name | Link | | 1 | Cucurbitales | Coriariaceae | Coriaria | myrtifolia | | |
| 2 | Ericales | Ericaceae | Arbutus | unedo | Strawberry-tree | |
