© Tim Melling
© Tim Melling
© Tim Melling
Imago (Adult):
Fresh pupa (1 day old), on 5 mm graph paper
Fresh pupa (1 day old) on 5 mm graph paper
Pupa (Chrysalis):
Newly Hatched larva
Newly hatched larva
Newly hatched larva
7-day old caterpillar feeding within an oak bud (cut in halve for viewing)
13 day old caterpillar
16 day old caterpillar
21 day old larva with exit hole in bud clearly visible
27 day old caterpillar
30 day old caterpillar, shortly before pupation
30 day old caterpillar, shortly before pupation
![© Wolfgang Macho [Purple Hairstreak larva]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6dead5_315071d501694fe2a94d6177b9623a62.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_654,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/6dead5_315071d501694fe2a94d6177b9623a62.jpg)
![© Wolfgang Macho [Purple Hairstreak larva]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6dead5_71f01ba9444949cf9e8feae83f3f502c.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_654,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/6dead5_71f01ba9444949cf9e8feae83f3f502c.jpg)
Taken on May 29, 2010 (Surrey)
1 month old caterpillar
1 month old caterpillar, prior to pupation
1 month old caterpillar
Larva (Caterpillar):
Taken on November 9, 2011 at Ryton Wood Meadows
Ova found between a fork in an oak twig
Empty egg and the hole in which the young larva began to feed
![Purple Hairstreak - Ova [After hatching]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6dead5_0bd6876d3e644b9f932aeb68157d47ba.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_649,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/6dead5_0bd6876d3e644b9f932aeb68157d47ba.jpg)
© Gilles San Martin
![Purple Hairstreak - Ova [After hatching]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/6dead5_7bea726c6e97445bb67d6109f82f3c7b.jpg/v1/fill/w_980,h_649,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_avif,quality_auto/6dead5_7bea726c6e97445bb67d6109f82f3c7b.jpg)
© Gilles San Martin
Ovum (Egg):
Purple Hairstreak
(Favonius quercus)
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