Lesser grass blue
The lesser grass blue is a small butterfly of grassy places. The male is pale violet blue with a silvery shine, and the female is mostly brown. Underneath, its wings are grey brown with little black dots ringed in white.
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Fun facts
People often mix it up with a very similar butterfly, the common grass blue.
In 2008 it was found on the Hawaiian island of Oahu.
Its feelers are black with white rings.
Scientists have named 18 different local kinds of it.
Most asked questions about Lesser grass blue
?What does the lesser grass blue look like?
The male is pale violet blue and shiny, the female is brown. Both have black dots ringed in white underneath.
?What do lesser grass blue caterpillars eat?
Plants of the pea family, such as soybeans and indigo plants.
?Where does the lesser grass blue live?
In South and Southeast Asia, and also in New Zealand and Hawaii.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Zizina otis
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1787
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia, Australia and Oceania
Where the facts come from
- Zizina otis (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Charles J. Sharp. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The round sticker of this bug is cut from the same picture.
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