Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)

provence hairstreak

on Anthyllis, etc.

parasite

Larvae feed in the flowers and pods.

host plants

Fabaceae, oligophagous

Anthyllis cytisoides, vulneraria; Dorycnium hirsutum; Erophaca baetica; Hippocrepis unisiliquosa; Lotus ornithopodioides; Medicago polymorpha, truncatula; Onobrychis caput-galli; Tripodion tetraphyllum.

distribution within Europe

PESI (2021).

egg, larva, pupa

see Lepiforum, Pyrgus.

references

Descimon (1993a), Dupont, Luquet, Demerges & Drouet (2013a), Jordano, Fernández Haeger & Rodriguez González (1990a), Lafranchis (2020b), Lepiforum (2021), pyrgus.de (2021).