Leptotes
The Zebra Blues
Andrew V. Z. Brower
- Afrotropical Leptotes group
- Leptotes adamsoni
- Leptotes babaulti
- Leptotes brevidentatus
- Leptotes casca
- Leptotes cassioides
- Leptotes jeanneli
- Leptotes marginalis
- Leptotes mayottensis
- Leptotes pirithous
- Leptotes pulchra
- Leptotes rabefaner
- Leptotes socotranus
- Leptotes terrenus
- Leptotes plinius
- neotropical Leptotes group
- Leptotes andicola
- Leptotes bathyllos
- Leptotes callanga
- Leptotes cassius
- Leptotes delalande
- Leptotes lamasi
- Leptotes marina
- Leptotes parrhasioides
- Leptotes perkinsae
- Leptotes trigemmatus
Introduction
A pantropical genus, with many island segregate species. The type species, Lycaena theonus Lucas, is currently viewed as a subspecies of L. cassius. Most of the African species were originally described in Syntarucus.
Other Names for Leptotes
- Syntarucus
- Syntarucoides
- Langia
- Raywardia
- Vernacular Names: The Zebra Blues
References
Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.
Corbet, A. S., Pendlebury, H. M. & Eliot, J. N. 1992 The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society.
Lamas, G. (ed.) 2004 Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.
Larsen, T. B. 1991 The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press.
Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.
Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R. 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343, 1-267.
Title Illustrations
| Scientific Name | Leptotes cassius |
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| Location | Vero Beach, Florida, USA |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Cassius Blue |
| Source Collection | Flickr |
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| Copyright | © 2006 Sean McCann |
| Scientific Name | Leptotes pirithous |
|---|---|
| Location | Mombasa, Kenya |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Leptotes pirithous |
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| Copyright | © 2007 Thierry Marysael |
| Scientific Name | Leptotes plinius |
|---|---|
| Location | Westbrook, Queensland, Australia |
| Specimen Condition | Live Specimen |
| Source | Plumbago Blue |
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| Copyright | © 2008 Michael Jefferies |
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