Leptotes (butterfly)


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 blueLeptotes babaulti – Babault's zebra blueLeptotes brevidentatus – Tite's zebra blueLeptotes casca Leptotes cassioides Leptotes durrelli Fric, Pyrcz & Wiemers, 2019Leptotes jeanneli Leptotes mandersi Leptotes marginalis – black-bordered zebra blueLeptotes mayottensis Leptotes pirithous – Lang's short-tailed blue, common zebra blueLeptotes pulcher – beautiful zebra blueLeptotes pyrczi Libert, 2011Leptotes rabefaner Leptotes sanctithomae Leptotes socotranus Leptotes webbianus – Canary blue
Indomalayan species:Leptotes plinius – zebra blue, plumbago blue
Australasian species:Leptotes lybas
Neotropical species:Leptotes andicola Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928Leptotes callanga Leptotes cassius – Cassius blue, tropical striped blueLeptotes delalande Bálint & Johnson, 1995Leptotes lamasi Bálint & Johnson, 1995Leptotes marina – marine blue, striped blueLeptotes parrhasioides – Galapagos blueLeptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931
  • ''Leptotes trigemmatus''