Zizeeria

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Zizeeria
Dark Grass Blue Zizeeria karsandra in Hyderabad, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizeeria
Chapman, 1910

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]

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].

References

  1. ↑ Zizeeria, Savela, M. Polyommatini.
  2. ↑ LepIndex: synonymic list for superfamily Papilionoidea family Lycaenidae; subfamily Polyommatinae
  3. ↑ Williams, M.Afrotropical Butterflies.
  4. ↑ Woodhall, Steve. (2005) Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa, Cape Town: Struik Publ.
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