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Southern Blue

Zizina oxleyi

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 108, February 158, March 189, April 59, May 3, June 0, July 0, August 0, September 3, October 28, November 57, December 106.
New Zealand711
Canterbury Region520
Otago Region171
Southland Region16
Marlborough Region3
Tasman Region1

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
GenusZizina

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