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Zizeeria karsandra

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Zizeeria

Higher classification
  
Zizeeria

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Zizeeria karsandra

Rank
  
Species

Zizeeria karsandra Butterflies of the Indian subcontinent Zizeeria karsandra

Similar
  
Butterfly, Zizeeria, Lycaenidae, Chilades trochylus, Everes lacturnus

Zizeeria karsandra, the dark grass blue, is a small butterfly found from the southern Mediterranean, in a broad band to India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Arabia United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family, and the tribe Polyommatini.

Zizeeria karsandra Butterflies of the Indian subcontinent Zizeeria karsandra

Food plants

The recorded food plants include:

  • Zornia diphylla
  • Amaranthus viridis (in association with ant Tapinoma melanocephalum)
  • Amaranthus tricolor
  • Amaranthus viridis
  • Melilotus indica
  • Medicago sativa
  • Zornia diphylla
  • Trifolium alexandrinu
  • Glinus lotoides
  • Tribulus cistoides
  • Tribulus terrestris

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    Zizeeria karsandra Zizeeria karsandra Wikipedia

    Zizeeria karsandra Zizeeria karsandra Dark Grass Blue Butterflies of India

    Zizeeria karsandra Butterfly Lifecycles Blues Lycaenidae Dark Grass Blue

    References

    Zizeeria karsandra Wikipedia


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