Zizina

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Zizina
Species (3): Z. emelina – Z. otis – Z. oxleyi
In synonymy (5): Z. alope – Z. antanossa – Z. indica – Z. labradus – Z. riukuensis
Name

Zizina Chapman, 1910
Type species: labradus
Fixation: original designation [see p. 483]

References
Primary references

Chapman, T. 1910: On Zizeeria (Chapman) Zizera (Moore), a group of lycaenid butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, [58(4)]: 479-497, plates LI-LX. Reference page. [first availability, see p. 482]

Additional references

Gillespie, M. et al. 2013: Incongruence between morphological and molecular markers in the butterfly genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) in New Zealand. Systematic entomology, 38(1): 151–163. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3113.2012.00659.x Reference page.
Yago, M.; Hirai, N.; Kondo, M.; Tanikawa, T.; Ishii, M.; Wang, M.; Williams, M.; Ueshima, R. 2008: Molecular systematics and biogeography of the genus Zizina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Zootaxa 1746: 15–38. Abstract & excerpt PDF Reference page.

Zizina is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae) in the subfamily Polyommatinae.
Species

Zizina antanossa (Mabille, 1877) – dark grass blue or clover blue
?Zizina emelina
Zizina labradus (Godart, [1824]) – common grass blue, grass blue, or clover blue
Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787) – lesser grass blue
Zizina oxleyi (C. & R. Felder, [1865])
?Zizina similus