Zizula

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Zizula
Tiny Grass Blue, Zizula gaika mating in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8115.jpg
Tiny grass blue, Zizula hylax
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizula
Chapman, 1910
Species

Two, see text

Zizula, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

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Species

There are two species: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Subspecies

Notes

References

  1. Zizula, funet.fi
  2. LepIndex: synonymic list for superfamily Papilionoidea family Lycaenidae; subfamily Polyommatinae
  3. Lamas, Gerardo, 2004, Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea
  4. Williams, M. Afrotropical Butterflies.
  5. Cowan, C. F., 1965. Comment on the proposed designation of a type species for Pithecops Horsfield, 1828. Z.N (S.) 1675. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature22(4):209-210.
  6. ICZN. Opinion 822, 1967. Pithecops Horsfield, [1828] designation of a type species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature24(4):216-217.