Zizeeria

Zizeeria
Dark grass blue (Zizeeria karsandra) in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lycaenidae
Subfamily:Polyommatinae
Genus:Zizeeria
Chapman, 1910
Species

Two, see text

Zizeeria, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies 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, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.


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