Zizeeria, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae, found in Africa and Asia.

Zizeeria
Dark grass blue (Zizeeria karsandra) in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizeeria
Chapman, 1910
Species

Two, see text

Species

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List of species classified under the genus:[1][2][3]

Notes

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The following were previously included on this page but are not species in Zizeeria:

References

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  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.