Zizina otis

Zizina otis occurs in south Asia. It was reported from the Hawaiian island of Oahu in 2008. While Zizina otis labradus is found in the North Island of New Zealand and the northern part of the South Island, Zizina otis oxleyi is found only in the southern part of the South Island. ==Description==

Male upperside Pale violet blue, with a silvery sheen in certain lights, forewing: a broad brown edging along the termen, which covers in some specimens quite the outer fourth of the wing, while in others is much narrower. It is always broadest at the apex and is bounded by an anteciliary darker line, beyond which the cilia are brownish at base and white outwardly. == 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) There are possibly two undescribed subspecies from Sulawesi/Selayar & Banggai. Lesser-Grass-Blue indian wildlife photographer.jpg|Z. o. indica, mating, India Lesser grass blues (Zizina otis lampa) mating S.jpg|Z. o. lampa, mating, Singapore Lesser grass blues (Zizina otis sangra) mating Ben Tre.jpg|Z. o. sangra, mating, Vietnam Pea Blue and Lesser Grass Blue, W9VM VXG, Kattampally, Kerala 670562, India imported from iNaturalist photo 492111997.jpg|mating with pea blue ==Larval host plants==

The species breeds on many plants of the family Leguminosae including Alysicarpus vaginalis, Desmodium species, Glycine max, Indigofera species, and Mimosa species. ==Gallery==

File:Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis) trying to mate in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 8026.jpg|Trying to mate in Hyderabad, India File:Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis) at Sindhrot near Vadodara, Gujrat Pix 190.jpg|At Sindhrot in Vadodara district of Gujarat, India File:Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis) Kadawata Colombo Sri lanka.JPG|At Kadawata in Sri Lanka File:Lesser grass blue (Zizina otis lampa) male underside I.jpg|Zizina otis lampa File:Lesser Grass Blue Zizina otis by kadavoor.jpg|Under back-lit in Kerala, India File:Lesser grass blues (Zizina otis lampa) mating S.jpg|Z. o. lampa mating in Singapore File:Zizina otis of Indonesia; September 2014.jpg|Z. otis in Indonesia ==See also==

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