Zizina otis

Common Grass-Blue at Bullen Range

Zizina otis at Bullen Range - 22 Nov 2017
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Identification history

Zizina otis 25 Nov 2017 SuziBond
Paralucia aurifera 23 Nov 2017 SWishart

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donhe wrote:
   4 Jan 2018
but according to BOLD the subspecies Zizina otis labradus
has been promoted to the full species Zizina labradus,
so that Zizina otis is no longer deemed to occur in Australia, see
http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=654876
The war between splitters and lumpers is very upsetting.

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  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour

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  • Zizina otis Scientific name
  • Common Grass-Blue Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Local native
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1694.4m Recorded at altitude
  • 816 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Zizina labradus

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