Zizeeria

Zizeeria, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, found in Africa and Asia.

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]).

References

1. ^ Zizeeria, Savela, M. Polyommatini.
2. ^ LepIndex: synonymic list for superfamily Papilionoidea family Lycaenidae; subfamily Polyommatinae
3. ^ Williams, M.Afrotropical Butterflies.
4. ^ Woodhall, Steve (2005). Field Guide to Butterflies of South Africa. Cape Town, South Africa: Struik. ISBN 978-1-86872-724-7.