Zizeeria knysna (Trimen, 1862)
AF, Madagascar, Seychelles, Canary Islands, S.Iberia. See [maps]
Dark Grass Blue
African Grass Blue
- Zizeeria knysna knysna; [iNaturalist]
- Zizeeria knysna; [H&R]; [BHR]; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 399; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 258; [PBSA]; [BAFR], 550; [BK]: 238, pl. 24, f. 323; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [BMAT]: 33, pl. 11, f. 5-10; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE]
- Zizeeria lysimon; [BOW]: pl. 11, f. 9
- Zizera knysna; Butler, 1900, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 108, pl. 11, f. 10
- Zizera lysimon; Butler, 1900, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 108, pl. 11, f. 9
Misidentified/misapplied:
500x418 (~48Kb) underside Tenerife, Los Gigantes, 8/4/97, Photo © Simon Coombes
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600x435 (~48Kb) underside Morocco, , Photo © Jean Delacre
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500x530 (~31Kb) SPAIN: Teneriffa, 1-5.4.1996, Photo © Valentina Anderson
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Larva on
Oxalis [BHR],
Tribulus terrestris,
Amaranthus deflexus,
Amaranthus viridis,
Medicago sativa,
Oxalis corniculata,
Zornia ,
Euphorbia [PBSA],
Trifolium fragiferum Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 35,
Polygonum equisetiforme,
Armeria delicatula,
Medicago tribuloides,
Melilotus messanensis,
Acanthyllis sp.,
Medicago sativa,
(on Canary Is.) Amaranthus sp.,
Malva sp.,
Fagonia [BMAT]
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Z. k. plato (Blanchard, 1853)
- Zizeeria knysna plato; [CoL]
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Z. k. serica (Felder, 1862) Hong Kong
- Zizeeria knysna serica; [CoL]
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Z. k. volpii (Romei, 1927) N.Africa
- knysna volpii (Romei, 1927) (Zizera); Boll. Lab. Zool. Portici 20: 275
- Zizeeria knysna volpii; [CoL]
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Z. k. corneliae Regteren Altena, 1948 Canary Is.
- Cupido lysimon corneliae Regteren Altena, 1948; Tijdschr. Ent. 91: 17; TL: Teneriffer, Santa Cruz
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Z. k. angustemarginata Heydemann, [1955] Afghanistan
- Zizeeria knysna angustemarginata; [CoL]
Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
E.Algeria, Tunisia, Sicily, Crete, Tropical Asia, Australia, Moluccas, Waigeu, Misool, Salawati, West Irian, Timor - Tanimbar. See [maps]
Dark Grass Blue
- Polyommatus karsandra Moore, 1865; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (2): 505, pl. 31, f. 7; TL: India
- Lycaena conformis Butler, 1877; Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1877 (3): 469; TL: Cape Yoork
- Zizera ishigakiana Matsumura, 1929; Insecta Matsumurana 3 (2/3): 105; TL: Okinawa, Ishigakijima
- Lampides neis Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (76): 54; TL: Wady Genneh, Arabia.
- ?Zizera mora Swinhoe, [1885]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1884: 506, pl. 47, f. 7
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- Cupido ishigakiana; [CoL]
- Cupido mora; [CoL]
- Zizeeria karsandra; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 258; [BMP]; [BOR], 651; [MRS], 674; [BMP]: 245, pl. 34, f. 40-42; [BMAT]: 34, pl. 11, f. 11-16; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:; Bálint, 1992, Linn. Belg. 13 (8): 400; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 156; [AfrL]; [FE]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [MBE] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
- Zizeeria knysna karsandra; [BAUR], 362
- Zizera karsandra; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 78, pl. 35, f. 6, 6a; Butler, 1900, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 109
878x942 (~199Kb) underside Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep, a pond bank. 21st April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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537x651 (~62Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, between Pattaya and Bang Phra, a roadside. 1st February 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin
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Larva on
Zornia diphylla,
Amaranthus viridis,
(association with ant Tapinoma melanocephalum) [BMP] Amaranthus tricolor,
A. viridis [MRS],
Melilotus indica,
Medicago sativa,
Zornia diphylla,
Trifolium alexandrinum [BMAT],
Glinus lotoides,
Tribulus cistoides,
T. terrestris,
T. spp. Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.