Zizula
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Zizula, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
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- monotypic taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polyommatini
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- Tiny Grass Blue, Zizula gaika mating in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8115.jpg
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Zizula, commonly called grass blues, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
==Species== There are two species: Zizula cyna (Edwards, 1881) – tiny blue, cyna blue = Lycaena tulliola Godman & Salvin, 1887 = Lycaena mela Strecker, 1900 Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775) – little grass blue =Zizula gaika, originally Lycaena gaika (Trimen, 1862) – South Africa =Lycaena mylica Guenée, 1863 - Réunion =Lycaena cleodora Walker, 1870 - Egypt =Lycaena perparva Saalmüller, 1884 - Madagascar
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