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Zizeeria karsandra
Dark Grass Blue, is a small butterfly found from the southern Mediterranean, in a broad band to India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, Arabia United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family, and the tribe Polyommatini.
As the common name suggests, this species is found in open grassy habitats. The butterfly is most abundant on the plains, where it swarms on flowery wasteland, but also commonly occurs on beach hinterlands, savannah / woodland mosaics, Acacia scrub, forest glades and clearings, along well-drained riverbanks, and in parks, gardens and all manner of other grassy places.
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