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Tropical Striped Blue
Leptotes cassius (Cramer, 1775)

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

Scientific synonyms

Papilio cassius Cramer, 1775 o

Other names

= Cassius Blue

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Type taxon of:Syntarucoides Kaye, 1904 (Papilio cassius Cramer, 1775)

Images

Leptotes cassius theonus

Leptotes cassius cassioides

Leptotes cassius cassioides

Leptotes cassius theonus

Taxon in country check-lists*

North America: Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America (Florida, Texas), South America: Suriname, Virgin Islands

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Included taxa

Number of records: 6

subspecies Leptotes cassius cassidula (Boisduval, 1870)
subspecies Leptotes cassius cassioides (Boisduval, 1870)

Leptotes cassius cassioides

subspecies Leptotes cassius cassius (Cramer, 1775)
subspecies Leptotes cassius catilina (Fabricius, 1793)
subspecies Leptotes cassius surbaja Scott, 2017
subspecies Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857)

Leptotes cassius theonus


Links and literature

EN Wikipedia Articles [Leptotes_cassius]

Wikipedia Articles [https://en.wikipedia.org]
EN Illustrated Lists of American Butterflies 9-III-2024 [Leptotes_cassius_a]

Warren, A. D., K. J. Davis, E. M. Stangeland, J. P. Pelham, K. R. Willmott & N. V. Grishin: Illustrated Lists of American Butterflies [http://butterfliesofamerica.com/] [as Leptotes cassius (Cramer, 1775)]
Data retrieved on: 6 January 2025
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