Biology:Zizina

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Zizina
Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis) trying to mate in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 8023.jpg
Lesser grass blue (Zizina otis)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizina
Chapman, 1910

Zizina is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) in the subfamily Polyommatinae.

Species

  • Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877) – dark grass blue or clover blue
  • ?Zizina emelina
  • Zizina labradus (Godart, [1824]) – common grass blue, grass blue, or clover blue
  • Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787) – lesser grass blue
  • Zizina oxleyi (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
  • ?Zizina similus

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1757730 entry