Zizeeria karsandra (Moore)

Arigela, Ravi Kiran, Kathula, Tarun, Kumar, Ramesh, Deroliya, Purushottam Kumar, Jeevith, S. & Singh, Rajeev Kumar, 2024, Tephrosia purpurea, the potential nectar source for the butterflies in Jodhpur, an arid zone of Thar Desert, Rajasthan, India, Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis Studia Naturae 9, pp. 85-108 : 93

11) Zizeeria karsandra (Moore) – Dark Grass Blue ( Fig. 3C – Appendix 1)

General range of occurrence: southern Mediterranean, in India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Yunnan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Oman, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia ( Fleming, 1975; Parsons, 1999; Varshney, Smetacek, 2015)

Occurrence and status in India: Common

Host plants of the larvae: Amaranthus spinosus L., A. tricolor L., A. viridis L., Geissaspis cristata Wight & Arn. , Oxalis corniculata L., Polygonum plebeium R.Br. , Zornia diphylla (L.) Pers., Z. gibbose Span. ( Kunte, 2000; Robinson et al., 2010; Nitin et al., 2018)

Figures

Fig. 3. Butterflies. A. Junonia orithya Linnaeus; B. Azanus ubaldus Stoll; C. Zizeeria karsandra Moore; D. Azanus uranus Butler; E. Catochrysops strabo Fabricius; F. Freyeria putli Kollar; G. Belenois aurota Fabricius; H. Catopsilia pyranthe L. (Photo. Ravi Kiran Arigela)