#3113 · 🦋 butterflies & moths
Lesser Grass Blue
🇳🇱 Zizeeria otis ·Zizina otis
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- 8. © Robin Gwen Agarwal · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © Karyadi Baskoro · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
what is it?
Zizina otis , the lesser grass blue , is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in south Asia. The lesser grass blue is often misidentified as Zizina labradus , the common grass blue.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 41,554 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1787 (239 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Lesser Grass Blue
- Nederlands
- Zizeeria otis
- scientific name
- Zizina otis
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Lepidoptera
- family
- Lycaenidae
- IUCN Red List
- LC · least concern
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 41,554
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1787 by Johan Christian Fabricius
IUCN in Dutch: niet bedreigd. Blank means the sources don't say.
relatives· Lycaenidae
#2391 📷 7Small Copper
🇳🇱 Kleine vuurvlinder
Lycaena phlaeas
👀 2.1k in NL
#2394 📷 8Common Blue
🇳🇱 Icarusblauwtje
Polyommatus icarus
👀 1.8k in NL
#2400 📷 8Holly Blue
🇳🇱 Boomblauwtje
Celastrina argiolus
👀 1.4k in NL
#2422 📷 10Brown Argus
🇳🇱 Bruin blauwtje
Aricia agestis
👀 647 in NL
#2475 📷 7Silver-studded Blue
🇳🇱 Heideblauwtje
Plebejus argus
👀 318 in NL
#2517 📷 10Purple hairstreak
🇳🇱 Eikenpage
Favonius quercus
LC 👀 196 in NL
#2539 📷 10Green Hairstreak
🇳🇱 Groentje
Callophrys rubi
👀 172 in NL
#2566 📷 10Sooty Copper
🇳🇱 Bruine Vuurvlinder
Lycaena tityrus
LC 👀 148 in NL
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 125537, Wikidata Q3595459, GBIF 7346444, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.