Common Grass Blue
Scientific name: Zizina otis
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The Common Grass Blue, Zizina labradus, is seen in Sydney throughout most of the year, often in large numbers, particularly in open, grassy areas.
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Fast Facts
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Classification
- Genus
- Zizina
- Species
- otis
- Subfamily
- Polyommatinae
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Super Family
- Papilionoidea
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Class
- Insecta
- Subphylum
- Uniramia
- Phylum
- Arthopoda
- Kingdom
- Animalia
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- Size Range
- 3 cm
The Common Grass Blue butterfly is seen in Sydney throughout most of the year, often in large numbers, particularly in open, grassy areas.
Identification
The Common Grass Blue is a small butterfly with a bluish lilac colour. The caterpillars are harder to find. They camouflage well among the grass and clover on which they feed.
Habitat
The Common Grass Blue lives in urban areas.
Distribution
This map shows species occurrence observations from data recorded in the Atlas of Living Australia.
