Zizula
The Tiny Grass Blues
Andrew V. Z. Brower
- Zizula cyna
- Zizula hylax
Introduction
A pantropical genus of two species. Z. hylax is the Old World representative and Z. cyna replaces it in the Americas.References
Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
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Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004 Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
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 | Zizula cyna |
|---|---|
| Location | LRGV, Texas |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Identified By | Ellie Thompson |
| Life Cycle Stage | adult |
| View | ventral |
| Source | Cyna Blue (Zizula cyna) |
| Source Collection | Neotropical Butterflies |
| Copyright | © 2008 Ellie Thompson |
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