Leptotes | |
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Lang's short-tailed blue (Leptotes pirithous) | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: |
Leptotes Scudder, 1876 |
Type species | |
Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1857
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Diversity | |
29 species | |
Synonyms | |
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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. [1]
The genus can be divided in several distinct geographic groups which often correspond to clades: [1]
Afrotropical and Palaearctic species:
Indomalayan species:
Australasian species:
Neotropical species:
Leptotes | |
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Lang's short-tailed blue (Leptotes pirithous) | |
Scientific classification
![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: |
Leptotes Scudder, 1876 |
Type species | |
Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1857
| |
Diversity | |
29 species | |
Synonyms | |
|
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. [1]
The genus can be divided in several distinct geographic groups which often correspond to clades: [1]
Afrotropical and Palaearctic species:
Indomalayan species:
Australasian species:
Neotropical species: