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Zizeeria knysna (Sooty blue)

Life > Eukaryotes > Opisthokonta > Metazoa (animals) > Bilateria > Ecdysozoa > Panarthropoda > Tritocerebra > Phylum: Arthopoda > Mandibulata > Atelocerata > Panhexapoda > Hexapoda > Insecta (insects) > Dicondyla > Pterygota > Metapterygota > Neoptera > Eumetabola > Holometabola > Panorpida > Amphiesmenoptera > Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) > Glossata > Coelolepida > Myoglossata > Neolepidoptera > Heteroneura > Ditrysia > Apoditrysia > Obtectomera > Macrolepidoptera > Rhopalocera (butterflies) > Superfamily: Papilionoidea > Family: Lycaenidae > Subfamily: Polyommatinae > Tribe: Polyommatini > Genus: Zizeeria

Zizeeria knysna (Sooty blue) Zizeeria knysna (Sooty blue)

Zizeeria knysna (Sooty blue) male, Burman Bush. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]

Zizeeria knysna (Sooty blue), Burman Bush. [photo Steve Woodhall ©]

Zizeeria knysna (Sooty blue), Brits, Northwest Province, South Africa, October 2011. Right: mating pair. [photos Mike Nyenes ©]