Leptotes (butterfly)
| Leptotes | |
|---|---|
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| Lang's short-tailed blue (Leptotes pirithous) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Leptotes Scudder, 1876 |
| Type species | |
| Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1857 | |
| Diversity | |
| 24 species | |
| Synonyms | |
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Langia Tutt, 1906 (non Moore, 1872: preoccupied) | |
Leptotes pirithous
Leptotes is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as zebra blues in reference to their zebra-striped undersides.
Several species have recently been moved here from the genus Tarucus, a rather close relative. An even closer relative, however, seems to be Cyclyrius.
Species
The genus can be divided in two distinct geographic groups which are possible clades, as well as one more isolated species:[1]
Afrotropical species:
- Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991 – Adamson's zebra blue
- Leptotes babaulti – Babault's zebra blue
- Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958) – Tite's zebra blue
- Leptotes casca (Tite, 1958)
- Leptotes cassioides (Capronnier, 1889)
- Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
- Leptotes marginalis Aurivillius, 1924 – black-bordered zebra blue
- Leptotes mayottensis (Tite, 1958)
- Leptotes pirithous – Lang's short-tailed blue, common zebra blue
- Leptotes pulcher (Murray, 1874) – beautiful zebra blue
- Leptotes rabefaner (Mabille, 1877)
- Leptotes socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899)
- Leptotes terrenus (Joicey & Talbot, 1926)
Neotropical species:
- Leptotes andicola (Godman & Salvin, 1891)
- Leptotes bathyllos Dyar, 1913
- Leptotes callanga (Dyar, 1913)
- Leptotes cassius – Cassius blue, tropical striped blue
- Leptotes delalande Bálint & Johnson, 1995
- Leptotes lamasi Bálint & Johnson, 1995
- Leptotes marina – marine blue, striped blue
- Leptotes parrhasioides (Wallengren, 1860) – Galapagos blue
- Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931
- Leptotes trigemmatus (Butler, 1881)
Placement uncertain:
- Leptotes plinius – zebra blue, plumbago blue
Footnotes
- ↑ Brower (2008) and see references in Savela (2009)
References
- Brower, Andrew V.Z. (2008): Tree of Life Web Project – Leptotes Scudder 1876. The Zebra Blues. Version of 2008-MAY-19. Retrieved 2009-NOV-29.
- Savela, Markku (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Leptotes. Version of 2009-MAY-24. Retrieved 2009-NOV-29.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to: Leptotes species and subspecies |
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Leptotes (Lycaenidae). |
- Marine Blue, Leptotes marina at Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Cassius Blue, Leptotes cassius at Butterflies and Moths of North America
- Leptotes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
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