Satyrium pruni pupa · slyvinis uodeguotis, lėliukė Satyrium pruni pupa · slyvinis uodeguotis, lėliukėThumbnailsSatyrium pruni pupa · slyvinis uodeguotis, lėliukėThumbnailsSatyrium pruni pupa · slyvinis uodeguotis, lėliukėThumbnails

Satyrium pruni pupa · slyvinis uodeguotis, lėliukė

≡ Fixsenia pruni EN · black hairstreak DE · Pflaumen-Zipfelfalter LV · plūmju astainītis PL · ogończyk śliwowiec

Eggs are laid singly on young blackthorn Prunus spinosa growth and it is this stage which hibernates. Although blackthorn is the main foodplant, wild plum Prunus domestica and other Prunus spp are occasionally used. The caterpillar hatches the following spring, at the end of April, just before the buds open and feeds on the flower buds. Older larvae are green and well camouflaged against the leaves on which they feed. Pupation takes place on leaves or twigs in June and the pupae are patterned black and white to mimic a bird dropping, as a defence against being eaten. The adult butterflies of this single-brood (univoltine) species are on the wing from the end of June to mid July. 3435

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