Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

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

Zizula hylax (Fabricius, 1775)

Tiny Grass Blue

Figure 8A

Material examined. INDIA • Gujarat, Bharuch district, Ankleshwar; transects T-01, T-02, T-03, T-04, T-05, T-07, T-08, T-09 ( Table 1); agricultural hedges or bar- ren/discarded lands, suburban areas, roadside vegetation, and near ponds with surrounding wetland plants.

Identification. Tailless hindwing; underside pale grey- ish brown with fine, small, distinct, dark brown or black spots; underside with row of discal spots, separated and angled inwards and bar at end cell, no spot in mid-cell; underside hindwing with two costal spots and spot near end cell; spot present in the cell next to two more spots near base.