Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)

dark grass blue

parasite

Larvae freely at the leaves.

host plants

polyphagous

Anthyllis; Armeria; Medicago; Melilotus; Polygonum equisetiforme; Tribulus terrestris.

Primarily on Polygonum equisetiforme (Galanos, Pyrgus.)

distribution within Europe

PESI (2023).

egg, larva, pupa

see Fiumi ao, Pyrgus.

synonyms

Often considered synonymous of Zizeeria knysna. This makes the list of host plants of both species unreliable.

references

Fiumi, Guidi & Foligatti (2007a), Galanos (2020a), pyrgus.de (2023).