Zintha
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Zintha is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, with the only species being Zintha hintza, the blue-eyed Pierrot, blue pied Pierrot or Hintza blue. The pied Pierrots proper are the closely related genus Tuxentius, however, and like Zintha they were formerly included in Castalius.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Zintha Eliot, 1973 |
| Species: | Z. hintza |
| Binomial name | |
| Zintha hintza (Trimen, 1864) | |
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Description
Food plants
The larvae feed on Ziziphus species, including Z. zeyheriana and Z. mucronata.
Distribution and subspecies
This butterfly occurs in tropical eastern and southern Africa. Three subspecies are recognized:[3]
- Zintha hintza hintza (Trimen, 1864) – South Africa to Kenya, possibly Zaire
- Zintha hintza krooni (Dickson, 1973) – Namibia and adjacent regions
- Zintha hintza resplendens (Butler, 1876) – Ethiopia and adjacent regions
Gallery
Female imago
Wing undersides
A group mud-puddling
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