page_title: Zintha
section_title: Description
hierarchical_section_title: Zintha / Description
caption_attribution_description: English: Zintha hintza hintza &amp; Tuxentius calice sipping minerals from a wet rock, Skeerpoort, North West
context_page_description: Zintha is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, with the only species being Zintha hintza, the blue-eyed Pierrot, blue pied Pierrot or Hintza blue. The pied Pierrots proper are the closely related genus Tuxentius, however, and like Zintha they were formerly included in Castalius.
context_section_description: The wingspan is 24–28 mm for males and 24–27 mm for females. Adults are on wing from September to April.
caption: A group mud-puddling
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