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title: "Green Hairstreak"
description: "Callophrys rubi — Insects & spiders. The green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/green-hairstreak
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Green Hairstreak

> Callophrys rubi — Insects & spiders. The green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Callophrys rubi*
- Category: `insects` (Insects & spiders)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 21833
- Wikidata: [Q1345952](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1345952)
- iNaturalist taxon: [60896](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/60896)

## Names

- en: Green Hairstreak
- de: Grüner Zipfelfalter
- es: Cejialba
- fr: Thécla verte commune
- nl: Groentje
- pl: Zieleńczyk ostrężyniec

## Countries with the most observations

FR (2808), GB (2208), FI (2135), IT (2133), RU (1878), ES (1433), DE (1197), PT (846), SE (737), AT (697), DK (613), PL (414)

## Summary

The green hairstreak (Callophrys rubi) is a small butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_hairstreak

## Photo

![Green Hairstreak](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/green-hairstreak/medium.jpg)

Photo: Francesco Cecere · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/21181124

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/green-hairstreak?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).