''Callophrys avis'', the Chapman's green hairstreak is a small

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...

found in the

Palearctic The Palearctic or Palaearctic is the largest of the eight biogeographic realms of the Earth. It stretches across all of Eurasia north of the foothills of the Himalayas, and North Africa. The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Si ...

(Southwest Europe, Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia) that belongs to the blues family.IUCN Redlist
/ref> The males and females of this little butterfly are identical. The underside of the wings is green, the upperside is greyish brown. The green verso is marked by a mediodiscal white line that differentiates this species from '' Callophrys rubi''. The larva feeds on '' Coriaria myrtifolia'', ''

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References

Callophrys Butterflies described in 1909 {{Theclinae-stub

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