Lesser Grass Blue Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Zizina otis
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Shrubs,Grassland
Description : Male upper side: Pale violet-blue with a silvery sheen; forewing has broad brown edging along termen, widest at apex, bounded by a darker anteciliary line, cilia brown at base and white outwardly. Hindwing: anterior half and apex brown, slender black anteciliary line, cilia as in forewing.
Male underside: Brownish grey; forewing has dusky lunule on discocellulars, seven minute black spots in curved row with white encircling, inner and outer subterminal series of dusky spots. Hindwing: transverse sub-basal series of four and irregular discal series of nine black spots encircled in white. Antenna black with white rings; head, thorax, abdomen brown with some blue scaling; beneath white.
Female upper side: Brown with faint violet-blue at wing bases, hindwing's violet-blue extends along dorsum; both wings have darker anteciliary lines than ground color.
Female underside: Slightly darker ground color than male, similar markings. Antennae, head, thorax, abdomen as in male, without blue scaling above thorax and abdomen.
Male underside: Brownish grey; forewing has dusky lunule on discocellulars, seven minute black spots in curved row with white encircling, inner and outer subterminal series of dusky spots. Hindwing: transverse sub-basal series of four and irregular discal series of nine black spots encircled in white. Antenna black with white rings; head, thorax, abdomen brown with some blue scaling; beneath white.
Female upper side: Brown with faint violet-blue at wing bases, hindwing's violet-blue extends along dorsum; both wings have darker anteciliary lines than ground color.
Female underside: Slightly darker ground color than male, similar markings. Antennae, head, thorax, abdomen as in male, without blue scaling above thorax and abdomen.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Chliaria othona
(Orchid Tit) -
Castalius rosimon
(Common Pierrot) -
Talicada nyseus
(Red Pierrot) -
Anthene lycaenina
(Pointed Ciliate Blue) -
Pseudozizeeria maha
(Pale Grass Blue) -
Acytolepis puspa
(Common Hedge Blue) -
Jamides pura
(White Cerulean) -
Catochrysops strabo
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Loxura atymnus
(Yamfly) -
Arhopala centaurus
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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: Butterflies Volume II. London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 360–361.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore 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: Butterflies Volume II. London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 360–361.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbasmore information please contact with us.