Zizeeria

Zizeeria, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, found in Africa and Asia.

Species

List of species classified under the genus:^[1][2][3]

• Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865) – Dark Grass Blue
• Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) – African Grass Blue, Sooty Blue^[4]

Notes

The following were previously included on this page but are not species in Zizeeria:

• Zizeeria antanossa Mabille, 1877. A species in Zizina Chapman, 1910.
• Zizeeria otis Fabricius, 1787. A species in Zizina Chapman, 1910.
• Zizeeria labradus Godart, 1823. A subspecies of Zizina otis Fabricius, 1787.
• Zizeeria ossa Swinhoe, 1885. A subspecies of Pseudozizeeria maha Kollar, [1844].

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