Zizeeria

Zizeeria
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
Two, see text

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 ZizinaChapman, 1910.
• Zizeeria otis (Fabricius, 1787). A species in ZizinaChapman, 1910.
• Zizeeria labradus (Godart, 1823). A species or subspecies later in ZizinaChapman, 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.