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...
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...