"Zizeeria karsandra", the dark grass blue, is a small butterfly first described by Frederic Moore in 1865. It is found from the southern Mediterranean, in a broad band to India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Yunnan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia.
Similar species: Moths And Butterflies
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Uploaded Jun 5, 2016. Captured Jul 18, 2015 09:33 in Block 10, Malaysian Twp, Kukatpally Housing Board Colony, Kukatpally, Hyderabad, Telangana 500072, India.
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I think this is more likely Zizeeria karsandra, the position and shape of the spots is slightly different.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/636/Zizeeria-karsandra
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/554/Zizula-hylax
http://www.flutters.org/home/photogallery/plog-content/images/butterfly--id-keys/blues---lycaenidae/grass_blues_2_idkeys_sandip_kr_sanyal_1.jpg Posted 9 years ago, modified 9 years ago