Biology:Zizina

Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Zizina
Lesser grass blue (Zizina otis)
Scientific classification
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

• Zizina at funet
• Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 74

Wikidata ☰ Q1757730 entry