- Zizeeria lysimon
Taxobox | name = Dark Grass Blue
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
familia =Lycaenidae
subfamilia =Polyommatinae
genus = "Zizeeria "
species = "Z. lysimon"
binomial = "Zizeeria lysimon"
binomial_authority = (Hübner 1798-1803)
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synonyms =
*"Zizeeria knysna"
*"Lycaena knysna"
*"Papilio lysimon"The Dark Grass Blue or African Grass Blue "(Zizeera lysimon)", is a species of blue butterfly found in
India ,Africa , onCyprus and theIberian Peninsula .The
wingspan is 10-12 mm. The butterfly flies nearly year round.The larvae feed on
Medicago ,Melilotus ,Acanthyllis ,Armeria delicatula ,Polygonum equisetiforme ,Tribulus terrestris andOxalis .External link
* [http://nlbif.eti.uva.nl/bis/vlinders.php?selected=beschrijving&menuentry=soorten&id=133 Butterflies of Europe]
* [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/zizeeria/index.html Zizeera at Funet.fi]References
* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
* Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
* Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
* Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.ee also
*
List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
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