Zizeeria, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, found in Africa and Asia.
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| Dark grass blue (Zizeeria karsandra) in Hyderabad, India | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Zizeeria Chapman, 1910 |
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Two, see text | |
Species
editList 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
editThe following were previously included on this page but are not species in Zizeeria:
- Zizeeria antanossa Mabille, 1877. A species in Zizina Chapman, 1910.
- Zizeeria otis Fabricius, 1787. A species in Zizina Chapman, 1910.
- Zizeeria labradus Godart, 1823. A subspecies of Zizina otis Fabricius, 1787.
- Zizeeria ossa Swinhoe, 1885. A subspecies of Pseudozizeeria maha Kollar, [1844].
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Zizeeria taxonomy.
- ^ Zizeeria, Savela, M. Polyommatini.
- ^ LepIndex: synonymic list for superfamily Papilionoidea family Lycaenidae; subfamily Polyommatinae
- ^ Williams, M.Afrotropical Butterflies.
- ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.