Zetona
Zetona is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single member of this genus, Zetona delospila, the clear-spotted blue or satin blue, is found in Australia in the northern part of the state of Western Australia, the northern parts of the Northern Territory and Queensland.
| Zetona delospila | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Candalidini |
| Genus: | Zetona Waterhouse, 1938 |
| Species: | Z. delospila |
| Binomial name | |
| Zetona delospila (Waterhouse, 1903)[1] | |
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The wingspan is about 20 mm. Adults are brown. Males have a purple tinge.
The larvae feed on Cassytha filiformis. They are green with brown hairs and a narrow red dorsal line edged in white and purple. The pupa is attached to a nearby plant or in a curled leaf on the ground.[2]
References
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Wikispecies has information related to Zetona.
- Zetona at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia Archived August 18, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
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