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Leptotes Scudder 1876

The Zebra Blues

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Polyommatini

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 Scudder 1876

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
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Scientific Name Leptotes cassius
Location Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Cassius Blue
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Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann
Scientific Name Leptotes pirithous
Location Mombasa, Kenya
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Leptotes pirithous
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2007 Thierry Marysael
Scientific Name Leptotes plinius
Location Westbrook, Queensland, Australia
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Plumbago Blue
Source Collection Flickr
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Copyright © 2008 Michael Jefferies
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Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA

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