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:

• Zizeeria karsandra <small>(Moore, 1865)</small> – dark grass blue
• Zizeeria knysna <small>(Trimen, 1862)</small> – African grass blue, sooty blue

Notes

The following were previously included here due to online database listings but can be placed elsewhere:

• Zizeeria antanossa <small>(Mabille, 1877)</small>. A species or subspecies later in Zizina <small>Chapman, 1910</small>.
• Zizeeria otis <small>(Fabricius, 1787)</small>. A species in Zizina <small>Chapman, 1910</small>.
• Zizeeria labradus <small>(Godart, 1823)</small>. A species or subspecies later in Zizina <small>Chapman, 1910</small>.
• Zizeeria ossa <small>(Swinhoe, 1885)</small>. A subspecies of Pseudozizeeria maha <small>(Kollar, [1844])</small>.

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