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Zizina otis

Blue Butterfly

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General Information

COMMON NAMES: Blue Butterfly, Common Grass Blue, Lucerne Blue, Clover Blue, Bean Blue, Lesser Grass Blue

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION: NATIVE India - China - Indonesia - Polynesia

COOK ISLANDS STATUS: Introduced - Recent, Naturalised; S.Group; ?; Land, lowlands

SIGNIFICANCE LIST: ; Pest

KEY FEATURES: Small butterfly (7mm) pale blue with broad black margin to wings.

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Cook Islands Distribution

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Southern Group: Present    Makatea:
RR 
MG
AT
MK
MT
AK
PL
TK
MN
P

Northern Group:
TN 
MH
RK
PK
NS
SW

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Scientific Taxonomy

Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787, species)
SYNONYMS: Zizina otis cheesemani [tentative ID by J.Dugdale]; Papilio otis [O]; Zizina otis mangoensis [Fiji-Tonga-Niue subspecies]

TAXONOMY: ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; ATELOCERATA; HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PTERYGOTA; Lepidoptera; LYCAENIDAE

More Information

IDENTIFICATION: Small, 7mm BL. MALE: WINGS topside pale blue with broad black edge especially on fore wings, underside grey with faint darker indistinct markings. HEAD, THORAX & ABDOMEN dark grey above paler beneath. LEGS pale bluish white. ANTENNAE black with white between segments.

GENERAL NOTE: Caterpillar on weed legumes.

Vouchers & References

Vouchers:
Rarotonga: specimen 636 (male), no photo, BESO 1999, ID J.Dugdale.

References:
Special Reference: PM79

Data Update History (information):
zTX, zB02, zM05a, zD02

Web Resources

Citation Information

McCormack, Gerald (2007) Cook Islands Biodiversity Database, Version 2007.2. Cook Islands Natural Heritage Trust, Rarotonga. Online at http://cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Copy citation to system clipboard
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