Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Zizina antanossa | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Zizina Rank Species | |
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Similar Zizina, Cupidopsis iobates, Euchrysops malathana, Hypolycaena philippus, Deudorix antalus | ||
Zizina antanossa, the dark grass blue or clover blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family. It is found in all of Africa, including Madagascar and Réunion.
The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 21–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warm areas, with peaks from October to November and from March to April in southern Africa.
The larvae feed on Desmodium incanum and Indigofera species.
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