Zizeeria
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Zizeeria, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, found in Africa and Asia.
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| Zizeeria | |
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| Dark grass blue (Zizeeria karsandra) in Hyderabad, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Zizeeria Chapman, 1910 |
| Species | |
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Two, see text | |
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 here due to online database listings but can be placed elsewhere:
- Zizeeria antanossa (Mabille, 1877). A species or subspecies later in Zizina Chapman, 1910.
- Zizeeria otis (Fabricius, 1787). A species in Zizina Chapman, 1910.
- Zizeeria labradus (Godart, 1823). A species or subspecies later in Zizina Chapman, 1910.
- Zizeeria ossa (Swinhoe, 1885). A subspecies of Pseudozizeeria maha (Kollar, [1844]).
