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Taxon profile

genus

Leptotes Scudder, 1876

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Insecta - insects »  order Lepidoptera - butterflies and moths »  family Lycaenidae - gossamer-winged butterflies »  subtribus Polyommatina

Scientific synonyms

Raywardia Tutt, 1908
Syntarucoides Kaye, 1904
Syntarucus Butler, 1901
Langia Tutt, 1906

Type taxon:Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1857

Included taxa

Number of records: 18

species Leptotes andicola (Godman & Salvin, 1891)
species Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935) - Babault's Zebra Blue
species Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928
species Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958) - Tite's Zebra Blue
species Leptotes callanga (Dyar, 1913)
species Leptotes cassius (Cramer, 1775) - Tropical Striped Blue

Leptotes cassius

species Leptotes delalande Bálint & K. Johnson, 1995
species Leptotes hedgesi A. Schwartz & K. Johnson, 1992
species Leptotes idealus K. Johnson & Matusik, 1988
species Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)

Leptotes jeanneli

species Leptotes lamasi Bálint & K. Johnson, 1995
species Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)
species Leptotes numerius (Stoll, 1790)
species Leptotes parrhasioides (Wallengren, 1860)
species Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931
species Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) - Lang's Short-tailed Blue

Leptotes pirithous

species Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793) - Zebra Blue

Leptotes plinius

species Leptotes trigemmatus (A. Butler, 1881)

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [6cfad2f9-d460-4e82-9bc2-078df1983d85]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Leptotes Scudder, 1876]
Data retrieved on: 21 February 2014
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1298905]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Leptotes Scudder, 1876]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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