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Zizeeria Chapman 1910

Grass Blues

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Polyommatini

Introduction

A small genus of two widespread species. Z. knysna is mainly African (extending to southern Spain and Arabia), while Z. karsandra ranges from the Arabian peninsula (where the two overlap) to Australia. Later instar larvae are facultatively attended by ants (Ackery et al. 1995).

Other Names for Zizeeria Chapman 1910

References

Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.

Corbet, A. S., Pendlebury, H. M. & Eliot, J. N. 1992 The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society.

Larsen, T. B. 1991 The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press.

Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.

Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R. 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343, 1-267.

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Zizeeria karsandra
Location Thailand: Chiang Mai
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By John Moore
Life Cycle Stage adult
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Copyright © John Moore
Scientific Name Zizeeria knysna
Location Nigeria: Port Harcourt
Acknowledgements reproduced with permission, June 2009
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Identified By Dirk Motshagen
Sex mating pair
Life Cycle Stage adult
View ventral
Copyright © 2009 Dirk Motshagen
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