Tiny Grass Blue Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Zizula hylax
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Vegetation
Description : In male butterflies, the upperside is dull violet blue,underside grey,antennae black.In female butterflies, the upperside glossy brown without a violet tint. The underside is grey to slightly brown with small brown spots close to the margin of the wings and black dots scattered through the wings.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Allotinus unicolor
(Plain Mottle) -
Cigaritis lohita
(Long-banded Silverline) -
Tajuria cippus
(Peacock Royal) -
Prosotas nora
(Common Lineblue) -
Euchrysops cnejus
(Gram Blue) -
Chilades pandava
(Plains Cupid) -
Zizeeria karsandra
(Dark Grass Blue) -
Prosotas dubiosa
(Tailless Lineblue) -
Curetis thetis
(Indian Sunbeam) -
Cheritra freja
(Common Imperial)
References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 308–309.photo credit:Martin Grimm(www.inaturalist.org/people/Martin Grimm),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 308–309.photo credit:Martin Grimm(www.inaturalist.org/people/Martin Grimm),photo copyright: iNaturalist. more information please contact with us.