About Zizeeria karsandra (Moore, 1865)
This species, Zizeeria karsandra, was originally described by Frederic Moore in 1865. Moore's original description reads: "Upperside purple-brown. Underside greyish brown, exterior margins defined by a brown line: fore wing with a spot within discoidal cell, a discocellular streak, a spot above it, and a transverse discal series of six spots black, each encircled with white; a marginal and submarginal row of pale brown, white-bordered lunules: hind wing with a series of twelve black spots, and a pale discocellular streak, encircled with white; a marginal row of pale brown, whitish-encircled spots, and a submarginal row of whitish lunules: cilia greyish brown." The following plant species have been recorded as food plants for Zizeeria karsandra: Zornia diphylla, Amaranthus viridis (found in association with the ant Tapinoma melanocephalum), Amaranthus tricolor, Melilotus indica, Medicago sativa, Trifolium alexandrinum, Glinus lotoides, Tribulus cistoides, and Tribulus terrestris.
