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Black Hairstreak
Satyrium pruni
Checklist Number61.007 [B&F: 1559]
Verification
Record will be accepted (subject to date and location checks)
Classification
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Theclinae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | pruni |
| Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1758) |
A rare species of scrubland and mature oak woodland mainly on the clay between Peterborough and Oxford. Not reliably recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 37 mm. Larva feeds on Blackthorn.