Zizina otis

Lesser grass blue
Z. o. lampa, upperside
Z. o. indica, underside
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Zizina
Species:
Z. otis
Binomial name
Zizina otis
(Fabricius, 1787)
Subspecies
  • Z. o. annetta Toxopeus, 1929
  • Z. o. aruensis (Swinhoe, 1916)
  • Z. o. caduca (Butler, [1876])
  • Z. o. indica (Murray, 1874)
  • Z. o. kuli Toxopeus, 1929
  • Z. o. lampa (Corbet, 1940)
  • Z. o. lampra Tite, 1969
  • Z. o. luculenta (Kurihara, 1948)
  • Z. o. mangoensis (Butler, 1884)
  • Z. o. oblongata (Kurihara, 1948)
  • Z. o. oriens (Butler, 1883)
  • Z. o. otis (Fabricius, 1787)
  • Z. o. oxleyi (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
  • Z. o. parasangra Toxopeus, 1929
  • Z. o. riukuensis (Matsumura, 1929)
  • Z. o. sangra (Moore, [1866])
  • Z. o. soeriomataram Kalis, 1938
  • Z. o. tanagra (Felder, 1860)

and possibly two undescribed subspecies from Sulawesi/Selayar & Banggai.

Zizina otis, the lesser grass blue, is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in south and southeast Asia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787. The lesser grass blue is often misidentified as Zizina labradus, the common grass blue.

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