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Dark Grass Blue

Zizeeria karsandra

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in India.January 81, February 55, March 96, April 223, May 267, June 296, July 306, August 219, September 370, October 207, November 152, December 112.
India2,384
Mahārāshtra448
Tamil Nādu378
Karnātaka355
Kerala259
Israel216
Australia195
Queensland162
Gujarāt132
Andhra Pradesh118

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
GenusZizeeria

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