Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787)

Sidat, Azaz & Bhatt, Urjit, 2020, Annotated checklist of butterflies of Ankleshwar-an industrial town in Gujarat, India, Check List 16 (4), pp. 997-1015 : 1010

Zizina otis (Fabricius, 1787)

Lesser Grass Blue

Figure 7L

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-05, T-06, T-07, T-08, T-09, T-10 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or barren/discarded lands, suburban areas, industrial zone, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Tailless hindwing; underside pale gray- ish brown with rounded and pale dark spots; underside forewing devoid of costal spots or any spot inside cell. Underside hindwing: first two spots from costa separate, third to sixth spots form a curve, and seventh spot sepa- rate towards the termen.