Zizula gaika (Trimen)

Swezey, O. H., 1942, Lepidoptera, Butterflies of Guam, Insects of Guam I, Honolulu, Hawaii: Bernice P. Biship Museum, pp. 31-38 : 37-38

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.5160043
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5526399
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scientific name	Zizula gaika (Trimen)
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15. Zizula gaika (Trimen) View in CoL .

Lycaena Gaika Trimen View in CoL , Ent. Soc. London, Trans. 3 (1): 403, 1862.

Zizula Gaika (Trimen) Chapman View in CoL , Ent. Soc. Lond., Trans., 483, 493, 495, pl. TODO 52, fig. 8, pl. 53, fig. 12, 1910.

Ritidian Pt. , April 16, Bryan ; Piti, April 30, Swezey ; Agana, near spring, May 25, Swezey .

This tiny blue butterfly was described from South Africa. Dr. Marshall informs me that it has spread throughout the whole of the Old vVorld tropics, and has also been found in Venezuela. We found it very abundant in Guam, in gardens and in low roadside weeds. vVe did not discover its larva, so do not know its food plant there. There are specimens in the U. S. National Museum, collected by Fullaway in 1911 . Our specimens were determined by Dr. Guy A. K. Marshall.