Zizina antanossa
Dark grass blue | |
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in São Tomé and Príncipe | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Zizina |
Species: | Z. antanossa
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Binomial name | |
Zizina antanossa | |
Synonyms | |
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Zizina antanossa, the dark grass blue or clover blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in all of Africa, including Madagascar and Réunion.
The wingspan is 20–24 mm for males and 21–28 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round in warm areas, with peaks from October to November and from March to April in southern Africa.[2]
The larvae feed on Desmodium and Indigofera species.
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Categories:
- Polyommatini
- Butterflies of Africa
- Insects of Mozambique
- Butterflies described in 1877
- Taxa named by Paul Mabille
- Polyommatini stubs