Zizina otis at suppressed

Zizina otis

Common Grass-Blue at suppressed

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Identification history

	Zizina otis	28 Oct 2021	SuziBond
	Zizina labradus labradus	28 Oct 2021	Birdy

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Found on the lawn.

2 comments

Birdy wrote:

31 Oct 2021

Hi Suzi,

I'm not saying your confirmation is wrong, but Wikipedia states that the Zizina labradus is misidentified as otis. It also says that otis does not live in Australia.

How does Canberra Nature Map refute this?

Thanks, Birdy

SuziBond wrote:

2 Nov 2021

Hi Birdy, Zizina labradus is the old scientific name for this butterfly, it has been updated to Zizina otis. A good authority to check current scientific names is the online Australian Faunal Directory because other sources like WIkipedia can sometimes be out of date. Cheers Suzi

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Species information

Not Sensitive
Local Native
Non-Invasive

Sighting information

2 Abundance
27 Oct 2021 05:57 PM Recorded on
Birdy Recorded by

Additional information

Grass sp. Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size
Unknown Gender

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