Whilst birding the large and extensive
pivot irrigation fields near Tabuk I came across a huge number of Dark Grass
Blue Zizeeria karsandra. Dark Grass Blue is a small butterfly found in
the Southern Mediterranean, in a broad band to India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman
and Nicobar Islands, Burma, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, New
Guinea and northern and eastern Australia. It belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues
family. Most information does not have the speies range in Saudi Arabia but it
has been recorded in the north of the Kingdom from the west side to the east
side.
