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Tiny Grass Blue

Zizula hylax

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 295, February 202, March 174, April 211, May 174, June 158, July 151, August 160, September 351, October 129, November 146, December 208.
India2,359
Singapore1,179
China735
Australia683
Queensland631
Kerala543
NORTH REGION520
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region463
Tamil Nādu438
Mahārāshtra330

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderButterflies and Moths · Lepidoptera
FamilyGossamer-winged Butterflies · Lycaenidae
GenusSmall Grass Blues · Zizula

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Tiny Grass Blue with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.