Biology:Zetona

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Short description: Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Zetona delospila
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Candalidini
Genus: Zetona
Waterhouse, 1938
Species:
Z. delospila
Binomial name
Zetona delospila
(Waterhouse, 1903)[1]
Synonyms
  • Zizera delospila Waterhouse, 1903
  • Candalides delospila

Zetona is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single member of this genus, Zetona delospila, the clear-spotted blue or satin blue, is found in Australia in the northern part of the state of Western Australia, the northern parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland.

The wingspan is about 20 mm.

References

  1. Zetona at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

Wikidata ☰ Q8069770 entry