Zizeeria

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

Zizeeria
Dark grass blue (Zizeeria karsandra) in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Superfamily:	Papilionoidea
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Genus:	Zizeeria Chapman, 1910
Species
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 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

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.