Zizula

Zizula Chapman, 1910 tiny grass blues

Zizula Chapman, 1910; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 (4): 483; TS: Lycaena gaika Trimen

Zizula; [P&N23]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [NHM-BMW]
Zizula (Section Zizula); Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6): 448
Zizula (Lycaenidae); Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 260
Zizula (Polyommatinae); [NL4A], 138
Zizula (Polyommatini); [BK], 239; [Opler]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 157; [AfrL]; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 238
Zizula (Zizeerini); Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 400
Zizula (Zizulina); Stradomsky, 2016, Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1): 151

Zizula cyna (Edwards, 1881)

Colorado, S.Texas, Mexico - Colombia. See [maps] Cyna Blue Tiny Blue

Lycaena cyna Edwards, 1881; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 9: 3; TL: San Antonio, Texas
Lycaena tulliola Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 108, 3: pl. 58, f. 28-29; TL: Mexico, Veracruz
- = ; [NL4A], #1080; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 238
Lycaena mela Strecker, 1900; Lep. Rhopal. Het., Suppl. 3: 20; TL: Colorado; Texas; Mexico, Chiapas; Colombia
- = ; [NL4A], #1080; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 239

Cupido mela; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 43
Everes tulliola; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 151
Hemiargus cyna; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 46
Lycaena cyna; [CoL]
Lycaena mela; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
Lycaena tulliola; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 723
Zizula cyna; [NACL], #4355; [BNA]: 394, pl. 35, f. 388; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1080; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 238; [MPG] ; [P&N23]; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [BOA] ; [BAMONA]
Zizula tulliola; [BOW]: pl. 69, f. 51; [CoL]

320x322 (~15Kb) Belize, Central America, Photo © John Shuey

Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Africa, Madagascar, S.Arabia, South Africa, Rhodesia, Botswana, Moçambique, Natal, AS, Australia. See [maps] Forest Quaker Tiny Grass Blue

Papilio hylax Fabricius, 1775; Syst. Ent.: 526, no. 351; TL: India [Tranquebar]
?Papilio hylax Fabricius, 1787; Mantissa Insectorum 2: 77, no. 709
?Hesperia hylax Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 304, no. 152; TL: India orientali
donovani (Kirby, 1800) (Papilio); Ins. Ind.: pl. 46, f. 2
Lycaena gaika Trimen, 1862; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1: 403; TL: S.Africa
- = ; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 400; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 261; [AfrL]
Lycaena mylica Guenée, 1862; in Maillard, Notes Ile Réunion 2 (Lép.): 18; TL: "Bourbon"
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 261; [AfrL]
Lycaena cleodora Walker, 1870; Entomologist 5 (76): 54; TL: Egypt
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 261; [AfrL]
Lycaena perparva Saalmüller, 1884; Lepid. Madagascar (1): 93, pl. 1, f. 7; TL: Madagascar
- = ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 261; [AfrL]
Zizera gaika var. horii Matsumura, 1915; Ent. Mag. Kyoto 1 (2): 67, 68; TL: Saipan

Lycaena perparva; [CoL]
Pithecops hylax; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 570; [CoL]
Zizeeria gaika; [BIR], 285 (key)
Zizera gaika; Butler, 1900, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900: 109; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 389
Zizula gaika; [BOW]: pl. 182, f. 10
Zizula hylax; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 400; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 261; [PBSA]; [BOR], 651; Holloway & Peters, 1976, J. Nat. Hist. 10: 312; [BAFR], 551; [BK]: 239, pl. 24, f. 345; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:; [MRS], 675; [MadL]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 157; [AfrL]; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]
?Polyommatus hylax; Godart, [1824], Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 701

Misidentified/misapplied:

Pithecops hylax (= Pithecops corvus); Horsfield, [1828], Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 66, pl. 1, f. 2
Pithecops hylax (= Pithecops corvus); [BIR], 268
Pithecops hylax (= Pithecops corvus); Fruhstorfer, 1919, Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1): 79

Z. h. hylax Sri Lanka, India, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Lesser Sunda Is., Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi, Taulaud, Tukangbesi, Banggai, Sula, Maluku, New Guinea, Guam, Fiji, Loyalty Is.

Zizula hylax hylax; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 157; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

1064x1108 (~249Kb) ♀ underside Cambodia, Kep Province, Kep, a pond bank. 22nd April 2010, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Z. h. pygmaea (Snellen, 1876)

Lycaena pygmaea Snellen, 1876; Tijdschr. Ent. 19 (3): 163, pl. 7, f. 1; TL: Java
- = Zizula hylax (pygmoea); Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 261

Cupido pygmaea; [CoL]
Zizera pygmaea; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 79, pl. 35, f. 5, 5a
Zizula hylax pygmaea; [BMP]: 246, pl. 34, f. 43-45; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

688x866 (~117Kb) underside Thailand, Phuket, a bank of a pond at a road 1 km NE of Khao Sai Tan Kliang Mt., 24th February 2009, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

Z. h. dampierensis (Rothschild, 1915) West Irian - Papua, Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons

Zizera dampierensis Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 389; TL: Dampier Island

Cupido dampierensis; [CoL]
Zizula hylax dampierensis; [BAUR], 362

Z. h. attenuata (Lucas, 1890) Australia (Northern Territory, Cape York - Sydney)

Lycaena attenuata Lucas, 1890; Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 4 (4): 1066; TL: NE.Australia

Zizula hylax attenuata; Couchman, 1962, Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania 96: 76; [BAUR], 362

References:

[AfrL] Mark C. Williams
Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); Afrototropical Butterflies; e-mail: Mark C. Williams
[BAMONA] Opler, Pavulaan, Stanford & Pogue
Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node
[BCA] electronic
BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA
[BOA] Interactive Listing of American Butterflies
Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America
[CEB]
Caucasian Entomological Bulletin; issues (PDF)
[CoL] Catalogue of Life
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Vandepitte, L., Hobern, D., Schalk, P., DeWalt, R. E., Ma, K., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Adlard, R., Aedo, C., et al. (2024). Catalogue of Life Checklist (Version 2024-03-26); https://doi.org/10.48580/dfz8d
[Don Herbison-Evans] and Stella A. Crossley
Australian Caterpillars and their Butterflies and Moths
[John Shuey]
e-mail: jshuey at tnc.org; Director of Conservation Science; Indiana Office of The Nature Conservancy; http://www.nature.org
[LAMAS-2005] Gerardo Lamas
Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[LAMAS-NEO] Gerardo Lamas
Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)
[LEPIFORUM]
Lepiforum; Bestimmung von Schmetterlingen (Lepidoptera) und ihren Präimaginalstadien
[MPG]
North American Moth Photographers Group
[NHM-BMW] Natural History Museum
Butterflies and Moths of the World; Generic Names and their Type-species
[Oleg Kosterin] Institue of Cytology & Genetics
Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Opler] Opler & Warren, 2003
Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.
[P&N23] Pohl & Nanz, 2023
Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, north of Mexico
[UTAS] University of Tasmania
The Library Open Repository
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[iNaturalist]
iNaturalist
[maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

Some related literature:

Brown & Mielke, 1967
Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (2): 77-106, (3): 145-168
Butler, 1900
A Revision of the Butterflies of the Genus Zizera represented in the Collection of the British Museum Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900 : 104-111, pl. 11
Chapman, 1910
On Zizeeria Chapman, Zizera Moore. A Group of Lycaenid Butterflies Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1910 (4) : 479-497, pl. 51-60
[MRS]; Chou, 1994
Monografia Rhopalocerorum Sinensium 1-2 Mon. Rhop. Sinesium : 1-854
[BMP]; Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992
The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Fourth Edition revised by J. N. Eliot with plates by Bernard D'Abrera Butterflies Malay Peninsula (4th edn) : 1-595, pl. 1-69
Couchman, 1962
Notes on some Tasmanian and Australian Lepidoptera-Rhopalocera Pap. Proc. R. Soc. Tasmania 96 : 73-82
[BAUR]; D'Abrera, 1977
Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn) Butts. Aust. Region: 1-416
[BAFR]; D'Abrera, 1980
Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region: -
[BOR]; D'Abrera, 1982-1986
Butterflies of the Oriental Region I-III
[PBSA]; Dickson & Kroon, 1978
Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa
Druce, 1895
A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34
Dunn & Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy Review Austr. Butts. (1): 1-196, (2): 197-335, (3): 336-512, (4): 513-660
Dyar, 1903
A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52 : 1-723
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505 (162fgs), pl. 1-6
Edwards, 1881
Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 9 : 1-8
Fabricius, 1775
Systema Entomologiae, sistens Insectorum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, Adiectis Synonymis, Locis, Descriptionibus, Observationibus Syst. Ent. : 1-832
Fabricius, 1787
Mantissa insectorum sistens species nuper detectas adiectis synonymis, observationibus, descriptionibus, emendationibus Mantissa Insectorum 2 : 1-382
Fabricius, 1793
Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Ent. Syst. 3 (1) : 1-487
Clench in Fox, Lindsey, Clench & Miller, 1965
The Butterflies of Liberia Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19 : 1-438
Fruhstorfer, 1919
Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane Archiv Naturg. 83 A (1) : 77-84, f. 1-4 (February)
Godart, [1824]
Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie, ou histoire naturelle des crustacés, des arachnides et des insectes Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (1): 3-328 (1819), (2): 329-828 ([1824])
Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]
Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-741 (?782), 3: pl. 1-112
[NACL]; Hodges, 1983
Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico Check List Lep. Am. N of Mexico
Holloway & Peters, 1976
The butterflies of New Caledonia and the Loyalty Islands J. Nat. Hist. 10 : 273-318
Horsfield, [1828]
Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 1-80, pl. 1-4 (1828), (2): 81-144, pl. 5-8, (expl.) [1-4] (1829)
[NL4A]; Lamas, 2004
Checklist: Part 4A, Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera
[BK]; Larsen, 1996
The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history Butterflies of Kenya
[MadL]; Lees, Kremen & Raharitsimba, 2003
Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist in Goodman & Benstead, Nat. Hist. Madagascar : 762-793
[BOW]; Lewis, 1974
Butterflies of the World
Lucas, 1890
On Queensland and other Australian Macro-Lepidoptera, with Localities and Descriptions of new Species Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 4 (4) : 1065-1099
Matsumura, 1915
(Micronesian Butterflies) Ent. Mag. Kyoto 1 (2) : 63-68
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Pelham, 2008
A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada J. Res. Lepid. 40 : 1-652
Rothschild, 1915
On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402
Saalmüller, 1884
Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Neue und wenig bekannte Arten zumeist aus der Sammlung der Senckenberg'schen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Frankfurt am Main unter Berücksichtigung der gesammten Lepidopteren-fauna Madagascars Lepid. Madagascar (1): 1-246, pl. 1-6 (1884), (2): 249-531, pl. 7-14 (1891)
[BNA]; Scott, 1986
The Butterflies of North America Butts. N. America : 1-583
Snellen, 1876
Lepidoptera van Batavia. Beschrijving der nieuwe soorten Tijdschr. Ent. 19 (3) : 159-167, pl. 7
Stempffer, 1967
The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10 : 1-322
Stradomsky, 2016
A molecular phylogeny of the subfamily Polyommatinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Caucasian Ent. Bull. 12 (1) : 145-156
Strecker, 1900
Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, indigenous and exotic Lep. Rhopal. Het., Suppl. 3 : 13-37,38
Trimen, 1862
On some New Species of South African Butterflies, collected in British Kaffraria by W. S. M. D'Urban, Esq., during 1860-61 Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3) 1 : 398-406
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16
Walker, 1870
A list of the Butterflies collected by J.K. Lord Esq. in Egypt, along the African shore of the Red Sea, and in Arabia; with descriptions of the Species new to Science Entomologist 5 (76): 48-57, (80-81): 123-134, (82): 151-155
[BIR]; Wynter-Blyth, 1957
Butterflies of the Indian Region (1982 Reprint)

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