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Lesser Grass Blue

Zizina otis oriens

Description:

Lesser Grass Blue (Zizina otis oriens Butler 1883; Lycaenidae; Lycaeninae; Polyommatini). Distributional record of this ssp.: Bohol, Cebu, Dinagat, Dumaran, Jolo, Leyte, Luzon, Marinduque, Mindoro, Mindanao, Negros, Palawan, Sarangani. Recorded hostplants: Alysicarpus vaginalis, Desmodium triflorum, Mimosa pudica (Sensitive plant/Makahiya plant), Zornia diphylla (all Papilionaceae).

Habitat:

Spotted in a woody area near a hot spring resort in Pansol Calamba, Laguna.

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Calamba, Calabarzon, Philippines

Spotted on Oct 11, 2015
Submitted on Nov 24, 2015

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