Leptotes_(butterfly)

<i>Leptotes</i> (butterfly)

Leptotes (butterfly)

Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Leptotes is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as zebra blues in reference to their zebra-striped undersides.

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The genus Cyclyrius was recently synonymized with Leptotes and its two species were thus moved to this genus.[1]

Species

The genus can be divided in several distinct geographic groups which often correspond to clades:[1]

Afrotropical and Palaearctic species:

Indomalayan species:

Australasian species:

  • Leptotes lybas (Godart, [1824])

Neotropical species:

  • Leptotes andicola (Godman & Salvin, 1891)
  • Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928
  • Leptotes callanga (Dyar, 1913)
  • Leptotes cassius (Cramer, [1775]) – Cassius blue, tropical striped blue
  • Leptotes delalande Bálint & Johnson, 1995
  • Leptotes lamasi Bálint & Johnson, 1995
  • Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868) – marine blue, striped blue
  • Leptotes parrhasioides (Wallengren, 1860) – Galapagos blue
  • Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931
  • Leptotes trigemmatus (Butler, 1881)
Leptotes pirithous

References

  1. [1]
    Fric, Z. F.; Maresova, J.; Kadlec, T.; Tropek, R.; Pyrcz, T. W.; Wiemers, M. (2019). "World travellers: phylogeny and biogeography of the butterfly genus Leptotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (3): 652–665. Bibcode:2019SysEn..44..652F. doi:10.1111/syen.12349. S2CID 195412904.
  • 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.
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