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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Jamides celeno
(Common Cerulean) -
Catochrysops strabo
(Forget Me Not) -
Rathinda amor
(Monkey Puzzle) -
Prosotas nora
(Common Lineblue) -
Chliaria othona
(Orchid Tit) -
Mahathala ameria
(Falcate Oakblue) -
Hypolycaena erylus
(Common Tit) -
Arhopala amantes
(Large Oakblue) -
Cheritra freja
(Common Imperial) -
Spalgis epius
(Apefly)
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.