Leptotes is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as zebra blues in reference to their zebra-striped undersides.
The genus Cyclyrius was recently synonymized with Leptotes and its two species were thus moved to this genus.
Species The genus can be divided into several distinct geographic groups which often correspond to clades:
Afrotropical and Palaearctic species: Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991 – Adamson's zebra blue Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935) – Babault's zebra blue Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958) – Tite's zebra blue Leptotes casca (Tite, 1958) Leptotes cassioides (Capronnier, 1889) Leptotes durrelli Fric, Pyrcz & Wiemers, 2019 Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935) Leptotes mandersi (Druce, 1907) Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944) – black-bordered zebra blue Leptotes mayottensis (Tite, 1958) Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) – Lang's short-tailed blue, common zebra blue Leptotes pulcher (Murray, 1874) – beautiful zebra blue Leptotes pyrczi Libert, 2011 Leptotes rabefaner (Mabille, 1877) Leptotes sanctithomae (Sharpe, 1893) Leptotes socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) Leptotes webbianus (Brullé, 1839) – Canary blue
Indomalayan species: Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793) – zebra blue, plumbago blue
Australasian species: Leptotes lybas (Godart, )
Neotropical species: Leptotes andicola (Godman & Salvin, 1891) Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928 Leptotes callanga (Dyar, 1913) Leptotes cassius (Cramer, ) – 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)
References
(2008): Tree of Life Web Project – Leptotes Scudder 1876. The Zebra Blues. Version of 2008-MAY-19. Retrieved 2009-NOV-29. (2009): Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms – Leptotes. Version of 2009-MAY-24. Retrieved 2009-NOV-29.
External links
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