Zizina otis

Common Grass-Blue at McKellar, ACT

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Identification history

	Zizina otis	28 Oct 2021	SuziBond
	Zizina labradus labradus	28 Oct 2021	Amata

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Found on the lawn.

2 comments

Amata 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scientific names is the online Australian Faunal Directory because other sources like WIkipedia can sometimes be out of date.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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Location information

Places McKellar, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
Amata Recorded by
Collections
Amata Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Blues & Coppers (Lycaenidae) Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Insects

Additional information

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

Species information

Zizina otis Scientific name
Common Grass-Blue Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1694.4m Recorded at altitude
901 images trained Machine learning
External link More information
Synonyms
Zizina labradus

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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