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Zizeeria

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subfamily
  
Polyommatinae

Scientific name
  
Zizeeria

Higher classification
  
Lycaenidae

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Tribe
  
Polyommatini

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Rank
  
Genus

Zizeeria Butterflies of the Indian subcontinent Zizeeria karsandra

Similar
  
Butterfly, Lycaenidae, Zizeeria karsandra, Zizeeria knysna, Butterflies and moths

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

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Species

List of species classified under the genus:

  • Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865) – dark grass blue
  • Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862) – African grass blue, sooty blue

    • Notes

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

    Zizeeria Zizeeria karsandra Wikipedia

  • 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].

    • Zizeeria FileZizeeria karsandrajpg Wikimedia Commons

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    References

    Zizeeria Wikipedia
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