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).