Zizeeria
| Zizeeria | |
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| 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]
- 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].
References
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