Zizina
Andrew V. Z. Brower
- Zizina antanossa
- Zizina labradus
- Zizina otis
Introduction
A small Old World tropical genus of three species. Z. antanossa is widespread in the Afrotropical region and south Asia, Z. otis replaces it in southeast Asia, and Z. labradus ranges from Sri Lanka to New Zealand and the Fiji Islands.
References
Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Corbet, A. S., Pendlebury, H. M. & Eliot, J. N. 1992 The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society.
Larsen, T. B. 1991 The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press.
Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.
Parsons, M. 1999 The butterflies of Papua New Guinea: their systematics and biology. San Diego: Academic Press.
Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R. 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343, 1-267.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Zizina labradus |
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| Location | Wamboin, New South Wales, Australia |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Common Grass-blue (Zizinia labradus) |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2009 David Cook Wildlife Photography |
| Scientific Name | Zizina otis lampa |
|---|---|
| Location | Pulau Ubin, Singapore |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | IMG_0085a |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2008 budak |
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