Zizina otis

Common Grass-Blue at Broken Hill, NSW

Zizina otis at Broken Hill, NSW - 27 Jul 2022
Zizina otis at Broken Hill, NSW - 27 Jul 2022
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Identification history

Zizina otis 2 Jan 2025 AlisonMilton
Zizina otis 27 Apr 2024 CarbonAI
Zizina otis 27 Apr 2024 Petesteamer

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Broken Hill Town Parks and Gardens. Several years of good rainfall meant that the Flora was in very good health, heavy flowerings had attracted a fair few species of all sorts. These particular butterflies were everywhere.

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Additional information

  • Flowers, stems leaves and shoots Associated plant
  • 12mm to 25mm Animal size
  • Mixed Gender
  • Alive / healthy Animal health
  • Resting Insect behaviour on flower

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
  • 822 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information
  • Synonyms

    Zizina labradus

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