Species Detail - Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Distribution Atlas of Butterflies in Ireland 1979 (An Foras Forbartha)".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Favonius quercus
Purple Hairstreak
NHMSYS0021002801
RecommendedWell-formed
N/A
faque
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Insect - butterfly
Species
19
14
9
01/01/1952
31/12/1984
12 January (recorded in 2019)
1 November (recorded in 2006)
National Biodiversity Data Centre, Distribution Atlas of Butterflies in Ireland 1979 (An Foras Forbartha), National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Purple Hairstreak (Favonius quercus), accessed 28 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/94/Species/280160>