Lycaenidae Theclinae
Satyrium ilicis (Esper, 1779)
Ilex Hairstreak


S. ilicis (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Bosco di Foglino (Rome), Italy, June 1995

S. ilicis (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Zagori, Greece, June 1997

S. ilicis (© Paolo Mazzei)

Adult, Zagori, Greece, June 1997

S. ilicis (© Paolo Mazzei)

Larva, Bosco di Foglino (Rome), Italy, May 1995


Foodplants:

Quercus; larvae attended by ants Camponotus aethiops, Crematogaster