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Pretty Eyebrows - _TNY_4469

It might seem a bit far-fetched to mention pretty eyebrows when looking at a small green butterfly resting on the leaves of a bilberry shrub, but there is a reason.

 

The scientific name of the green hairstreak is actually Callophrys rubi, where rubi is in reference to the genus Rubus which are host plants while Callophrys is a Greek word, meaning "beautiful eyebrows". The more you know...

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Uploaded on August 26, 2020
Taken on May 12, 2018