Zizeeria Explained

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]}

• 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].

Notes and References

1. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/zizeeria/index.html Zizeeria
2. LepIndex: synonymic list for superfamily Papilionoidea family Lycaenidae; subfamily Polyommatinae
3. Afrotropical Butterflies.
4. Book: Woodhall, Steve . Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa . 2005 . Cape Town, South Africa . Struik . 978-1-86872-724-7 .