Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Polyommatinae

• Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767) AF, SEU, Egypt, Lebanon, Asia Minor - Himalaya, South West Africa, South Africa. See [maps] Lang's Short-tailed Blue Common Zebra Blue Gris Estriada Modrogończyk wędrowiec

  • Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 790; TL: Algeria
  • Lycaena hoffmannseggii Zeller, 1850; Stettin ent. Ztg. 11: 312
  • Raywardia telicanus tetrica de Sagarra, 1925; Butll. Inst. catal. Hist. nat. (2) 5 (1): 45; TL: St. Pere de Vilamajor
  • Raywardia telicanus tetrica gen. aest. semitetrica de Sagarra, 1926; Butll. Inst. catal. Hist. nat. (2) 6 (6-7): 137
  • Syntarucus pirithous ab. posticelatenigra Verity, 1938; Ent. Rec. J. Var. (Suppl.) 50 (11): 9
    • = ; [NHM card]
  • atavica (Verity, 1943) (Syntarucus); Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 80
  • infrapallida (Verity, 1943) (Syntarucus); Le Farfalle diurn. d'Italia 2: 80

  • Leptotes pirithous, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Leptotes pirithous, Schmetterlinge der Schweiz [Heiner Ziegler]
  • Leptotes pirithous, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
  • Syntarucus pirithous, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
  • Leptotes pirithous, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]

  • Leptotes pirithous hoffmannsegii[sic, recte hoffmannseggii]; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes pirithous tetrica; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes pirithous semitetrica; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes pirithous atavica; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes pirithous infrapallida; [NHM card]
  • Syntarucus pirithous; [H&R], 250; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78
  • Syntarucus pyrithous[sic, recte pirithous]; [EBW], (name)
  • Leptotes pirithous; [NHM card]; [BK]: 231, f. 15d (m.gen.), pl. 24, f. 325; [BRU2]: 138, pl. 62, f. 16-18; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]
  • telivanus (Lang); [EBW], (missp. synonym)

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • Papilio boeticus; Esper, 1784, Die Schmett. Th. I, Bd. 2 (9): 181 (part. ♂), pl. 91, f. 2
    • = (baeticus); [NHM card]

  358x450 (~34Kb) underside Axat, Pyrenees Orientales, France 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

  Larva on Plumbago capensis, Indigofera , Rynchosia , Vigna , Burkea , Mundulea , Melilotus , Crataegus [PBSA], Quercus suber, Medicago sativa, Trifolium alexandrium, Arachis hypogaea [BMAT], (in Europe) Lythrum sp., Calluna sp., Genista sp., Dorycnium sp. [BMAT], (in Spain) Lythrum salicaria, Calluna vulgaris, Onobrychis viciifolia, Ulex sp., Melilotus alba [BMAT]

  • L. p. pirithous SEU, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, N.Africa?

    • Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789; Verz. Schmett. Gegend. Augsburg (ed. 2): 47; TL: Germany
      • = Syntarucus pirithous pirithous ; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
      • = Leptotes pirithous ; [AfrL]; [FE]

    • Leptotes telicanus; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 385
    • Syntarucus pirithous pirithous; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
    • Leptotes pirithous pirithous; [BAFR], 546
  • L. p. insulanus (Aurivillius, 1924) Mozambique Channel (Europa I.)

    • Cupido telicanus f. insulana Aurivillius, 1909; in Voeltzkow, Reise in Ostafrika, 2: 324
      • = Leptotes pirithous insulana ; [NHM card]
      • = Leptotes pirithous ; [AfrL]
    • Cupido telicanus var. insulanus Aurivillius, 1924; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 470

    • Syntarucus pirithous insulanus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
    • Leptotes pirithous insulana; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes pirithous insulanus; [BAFR], 546 (text)
  • L. p. capverti Libert, Baliteau & Baliteau, 2011 Cape Verde

    • Leptotes pirithous capverti Libert, Baliteau & Baliteau, 2011; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. 116 (1): 66; TL: Cap-Vert, Santo Antão I., Porto Novo
• Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793) Ceylon, India, Burma, Australia. See [maps] Zebra Blue

  • Hesperia plinius Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 284; TL: "Asia"
    • = Leptotes pirithous ; [AfrL]

  • Leptotes plinius, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]
  • Leptotes plinius, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
  • Leptotes plinius, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

  • Tarucus plinius; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 82, (2) pl. 36, f. 4; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 586; [NHM card]; Bálint, 1992, Linn. Belg. 13 (8): 400
  • Syntarucus plinius; [BIR], 266; [EBW]; [BOW]: pl. 181, f. 13, 14
  • Leptotes plinius; [BAFR], 547 (text: not in Africa); [MRS], 670; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 155

  600x400 (~34Kb) underside India: Pune, 4.11.2007 © Kedar Tokekar

  Larva on Plumbago zeylanic, Indigofera suffruticosa, Albizia lebbeck, Sesbania aculeata, Glycine tomentosa, Tephrosia obovata, Dolichos lablab [MRS]

  Larva on Plumbago auriculata, P. capensis, P. zeylanica K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140), Albizia , Dolichos , Galactia , Galscutia , Glycine , Indigofera , Lablab , Mimosa , Rhynchosia , Sesbania , Tephrosia , Dyerophytum , Plumbago , Ziziphus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 156

  • L. p. lybas (Godart, [1824]) Timor

    • Polyommatus lybas Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 655; TL: Timor

    • Cupido lybas; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius lybas; [BAUR], 358 (note)
  • L. p. pseudocassius (Murray, 1873) Australia (Cairns - Sydney), Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons, New Hebrides Zebra Blue Plumbago Blue

    • Lampides pseudocassius Murray, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 126 (repl. Lampides cassioides Murray, 1873); TL: E.Australia
    • Lampides cassioides Murray, 1873; Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 108 (preocc. Boisduval, 1870)

    • Lampides pseudocassius; [NHM card]
    • Tarucus plinius cassioides; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius pseudocassius; [BAUR], 358
    • Syntarucus plinius pseudocassius; Holloway & Peters, 1976, J. Nat. Hist. 10: 311

    Larva on Plumbago [BAUR]

  • L. p. hyrcanus (Felder, 1860) Ambon

    • Lycaena hyrcanus Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 455; TL: Ambon

    • Polyommatus hyrcanus; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius hyrcanus; [BAUR], 358 (note)
  • L. p. leopardus (Schultze, 1910) Philippines

    • Tarucus leopardus Schultze, 1910; Philippine J. Sci. (D) 5: 161, pl. 1, f. 9; TL: Luzon

    • Tarucus leopardus; Bethune-Baker, [1918], Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1917 (2-4): 293, pl. 17, f. 18; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius leopardus; [BAUR], 358 (text)
  • L. p. manusi (Rothschild, 1915) Admiralty Is.

    • Syntarucus manusi Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 390; TL: Manus, Admiralty Is.

    • Leptotes manusi; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius manusi; [BAUR], 358 (note)
  • L. p. plutarchus (Fruhstorfer, 1922) Sulawesi, Talaud, Sangihe, Sula

    • Tarucus plinius plutarchus Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 893, pl. 153 b; TL: ?N.Sulawesi

    • Tarucus plinius plutarchus; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius plutarchus; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 156
  • L. p. celis (Fruhstorfer, 1922) Sulawesi

    • Tarucus plinius celis Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 893; TL: E.Sulawesi

    • Tarucus plinius celis; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius celis; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 156
  • L. p. juvenal (Fruhstorfer, 1922) Moluccas

    • Tarucus plinius juvenal Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 893; TL: Batjan

    • Tarucus plinius juvenal; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius juvenal; [BAUR], 358 (text)
  • L. p. zingis (Fruhstorfer, 1922) Buton

    • Tarucus plinius zingis Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 893; TL: Buton

    • Tarucus plinius zingis; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes plinius zingis; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 156
• Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935) most of Africa (south of Sahara), SW.Arabia?. See [maps] Babault's Zebra Blue

  • Syntarucus babaulti Stempffer, 1935; Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. N.S. 2: 235
  • Tarucus pulchra f. juncta Dufrane, 1953; Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 89: 56
    • = ; [AfrL]
  • Syntarucus babaulti f. ornata Dufrane, 1954; Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 90: 68
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Leptotes babaulti, Lepiforum [LEPIFORUM]

  • Leptotes babaulti juncta; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes babaulti ornata; [NHM card]
  • Syntarucus babaulti; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes babaulti; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 386; [BAFR], 546; [NHM card]; [BK]: 231, f. 15c (m.gen); [AfrL]
• Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958) most of Africa (south of Sahara), SW.Arabia. See [maps] Tite's Zebra Blue

  • Syntarucus brevidentatus Tite, 1958; Entomologist 91: 189, pl. 2, f. 1-4

  • Syntarucus brevidentatus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes brevidentatus; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 386; [BAFR], 546 (text); [NHM card]; [BK]: 232, f. 15a (m.gen); [AfrL]

  Larva on Plumbago capensis [PBSA], Plumbago [BK]

• Leptotes casca (Tite, 1958) Comoro Is.

  • Syntarucus casca Tite, 1958; Entomologist 91: 190; TL: Comoro

  • Syntarucus casca; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes casca; [NHM card]; [BAFR], 546; [AfrL]
• Leptotes mayottensis (Tite, 1958) Comoro Is.

  • Syntarucus mayottensis Tite, 1958; Entomologist 91: 191; TL: Comoro

  • Syntarucus mayottensis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes mayottensis; [BAFR], 546 (text); [NHM card]; [AfrL]
• Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935) most of Africa (south of Sahara). See [maps]

  • Syntarucus jeanneli Stempffer, 1935; Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. N.S. 2: 232, pl. 9, f. 6

  • Syntarucus jeanneli; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes jeanneli; Clench, 1965, Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc. 19: 386; [BAFR], 547; [NHM card]; [BK]: 232, f. 15b (m.gen); [AfrL]

  Larva on Plumbago ? [BK]

• Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944) Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, E.Zaire, S.Sudan. See [maps] Black-Bordered Zebra Blue

  • Syntarucus marginalis Stempffer, 1944; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. 111 (1942): 124; TL: Kivu
  • Cupido telicanus ab. marginalis Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 13: 470
    • = ; [AfrL]

  • Syntarucus marginalis; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes marginalis; [BAFR], 547; [NHM card]; [BK]: 232, pl. 24, f. 329; [AfrL]
• Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991 Kenya (Kora Rock). See [maps] Adamson's Zebra Blue

  • Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991; in Larsen, The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history: 232, pl. 24, f. 330; TL: Kora Rock

  • Leptotes adamsoni; [AfrL]
• Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874) most of Africa (south of Sahara). See [maps] Beatiful Zebra Blue

  • Lycaena pulchra Murray, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22 (4): 524
  • Tarucus pulchra f. deficiens Dufrane, 1953; Bull. Ann. Soc. ent. Belg. 89: 56
    • = ; [NHM card]; [AfrL]

  • Syntarucus pulcher[sic, recte pulchra]; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes pulcher[sic, recte pulchra]; [BK]: 233, pl. 24, f. 331
  • Leptotes pulchra; [BAFR], 547; [NHM card]; [AfrL]

  Larva on Sesbania aegyptica [BK]

• Leptotes rabefaner (Mabille, 1877) Madagascar. See [maps]

  • Lycaena rabefaner Mabille, 1877; Bull. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 7: lxxi; TL: Madagascar

  • Syntarucus rabefaner; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes rabenafer[sic?]; [BAFR], 547
  • Leptotes rabefaner; [NHM card]; [MadL]; [AfrL]
• Leptotes terrenus (Joicey & Talbot, 1926) São Tomé I.

  • Syntarucus terrenus Joicey & Talbot, 1926; Entomologist 59: 224; TL: Sao Thomé I.

  • Syntarucus terrenus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes terrenus; [BAFR], 547; [NHM card]; [AfrL]
• Leptotes socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) Socotra I.

  • Tarucus socotranus Ogilvie-Grant, 1899; Bull. Liverpool Mus. 2 (1): 10; TL: Sokotra

  • Syntarucus socotranus; Stempffer, 1967, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent) Suppl. 10: 221
  • Leptotes socotranus; [BAFR], 547; [NHM card]; [AfrL]
• Leptotes cassioides (Capronnier, 1889) Democratic Republic of Congo

  • Lycaena cassioides Capronnier, 1889; Bull. Ent. Soc. Belg. 33: cxxi (?preocc. Boisduval); TL: "Aequator Stranden"

  • Leptotes cassioides; [NHM card]; [AfrL]

• Leptotes andicola (Godman & Salvin, 1891) Ecuador, Colombia. See [maps]

  • Lycaena andicola Godman & Salvin, 1891; in Whymper, Suppl. app. travels Andes of Ecuador: 104; TL: Ecuador,Colombia
  • Leptotes (group andicola) krug Bálint, Johnson, Salazar & Vélez, 1995; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 5; TL: Colombia, Nariño, Volcan Galeras, 3500m
    • = ; [NL4A], #1070

  • Leptotes andicola, Butterflies of America [BOA]

  • Lycaena alticola[sic, recte andicola]; Dyar, 1914
  • Lycaena andicola; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes (group andicola) andicola; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 5
  • Leptotes andicola; [NL4A], #1070
• Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928 Peru. See [maps]

  • Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928; 126; TL: Peru

  • Leptotes bathyllos, Butterflies of America [BOA]

  • Leptotes (group cassius) bathyllos; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 8
  • Leptotes bathyllos; [NL4A], #1071
• Leptotes callanga (Dyar, 1913) Peru. See [maps]

  • Lycaena callanga Dyar, 1913; Proc. U.S. natn. Mus. 45 (2006): 638 (Staudinger); TL: Peru

  • Leptotes callanga, Butterflies of America [BOA]

  • Leptotes (group andicola) callanga; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 7
  • Leptotes callanga; [NL4A], #1072
• Leptotes cassius (Cramer, [1775]) Florida, S.Texas, Mexico - SA. See [maps] Tropical Striped Blue Cassius Blue

  • Papilio cassius Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 36, pl. 23, f. C, D; TL: Surinam

  • Leptotes cassius, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Leptotes cassius cassius, Butterflies of America [BOA]
  • Leptotes cassius, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]

  • Lycaena cassius; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 105; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 723
  • Leptotes (group cassius) cassius; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 16
  • Leptotes cassius; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (2) (3): 151; [NACL], #4356; [BOW]: pl. 19, f. 34; [NHM card]; [BNA]: 394, pl. 35, f. 387; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1073; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237

  500x412 (~28Kb) Venezuela, Yacambu park near Barquisimeto, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes

  Larva on Galactia volubilis, Macroptilium lathyroides, Phaseolus limensis, P. vulgaris, P. lunatus var. lunonanus, Pithecellobium , Crotalaria incana, C. vitellina, Desmodium , Indigofera anil, Malpighia glabra, Plumbago scandens, P. auriculata, P. capensis [BNA]

  • L. c. cassius Surinam

    • Leptotes theones cassius; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes cassius cassius; [NL4A], #1073a
  • L. c. catilina (Fabricius, 1793)

    • Hesperia catilina Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3 (1): 304; TL: "Americae meridionalis insulis"

    • Leptotes cassius catilina, Butterflies of America [BOA]

    • Hemiargus catilina; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes cassius catalina[sic, recte catilina]; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes cassius catilina; [NL4A], #1073d
  • L. c. theonus (Lucas, 1857) Florida, Cuba, Bahamas, Greaer Antilles

    • Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1857; in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7: 611; TL: Cuba
    • Lycaena cassius var. floridensis Morrison, 1874; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 1: 187; TL: Key West, Florida
      • = Leptotes cassius theonus ; [NL4A], #1073e; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237

    • Leptotes cassius theonus, Butterflies of America [BOA]

    • Leptotes theonus floridensis; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes theonus; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 46; [BOW]: pl. 19, f. 36 (text only); [NHM card]
    • Leptotes cassius theonus; Clench, 1942, J. N.Y. Ent. Soc. 50: (243-244) ; [NACL], #4356a; [NL4A], #1073e; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237

    Misidentified/misapplied:

    • catalina; auth.

    Larva on (flowers of) Albizzia lebbeck, Calliandra surinamensis, Pithecellobium dulce, Calopogonium mucunoides, Clytostoma callistegoides Fernández, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 49

  • L. c. cassidula (Boisduval, 1870) Texas, Mexico, Honduras

    • Lycaena cassidula Boisduval, 1870; Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 16; TL: Honduras
    • Lycaena striata Edwards, 1877; Field & Forest 3 (5): 86; TL: San Antonio?
      • = Leptotes cassius cassidula ; [NL4A], #1073b; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237

    • Leptotes cassius cassidula, Butterflies of America [BOA]

    • Leptotes striata; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 46
    • Leptotes cassius striata; [NACL], #4356b
    • Leptotes theonus cassidula; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes cassius cassidula; [NL4A], #1073b; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237
  • L. c. cassioides (Boisduval, 1870) Dominica

    • cassius cassioides (Boisduval, 1870) (Lycaena); Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 16; TL: "Honduras","Mexico"
    • Leptotes cassius chadwicki Comstock & Huntington, 1943; Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 45 (2): 93; TL: Dominica
      • = Leptotes cassius cassioides ; [NL4A], #1073c

    • Leptotes cassius cassioides, Butterflies of America [BOA]

    • Leptotes cassius chadwicki; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes theonus cassioides; [NHM card]
    • Leptotes cassius cassioides; [NL4A], #1073c
• Leptotes delalande Bálint & Johnson, 1995 Ecuador. See [maps]

  • Leptotes (group cassius) delalande Bálint & Johnson, 1995; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 18; TL: Ecuador, "Chimbo, 1000'"

  • Leptotes delalande, Butterflies of America [BOA]

  • Leptotes delalande; [NL4A], #1074
• Leptotes lamasi Bálint & Johnson, 1995 Peru. See [maps]

  • Leptotes (group cassius) lamasi Bálint & Johnson, 1995; Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 17; TL: Peru

  • Leptotes lamasi, Butterflies of America [BOA]

  • Leptotes lamasi; [NL4A], #1075
• Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868) S.Texas, Arizona, California, Mexico, SA. See [maps] Marine Blue Striped Blue

  • Lycaena marina Reakirt, 1868; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 20 (1/2): 87; TL: Mexico, Veracruz
  • Leptotes marina ab. ♀ violacea Gunder, 1925; Ent. News 36: 6, pl. 1, f. U; TL: California
    • = ; [NHM card]; [NL4A], #1076; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237
  • Leptotes marina f. burdicki Henne, 1935; Ent. News. 46 (4): 100; TL: California
    • = ; [NL4A], #1076; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237
  • Leptotes marina f. reakirti Field, 1936; J. Ent. Zool. 28 (2): 26 (♀); TL: Mesa Butte, Arizona
    • = ; [NL4A], #1076; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 238

  • Leptotes marina, Moth Photographers Group [MPG]
  • Leptotes marina, Butterflies of America [BOA]
  • Leptotes marina, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
  • Leptotes marina, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]

  • Leptotes marina burdicki; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes marina reakirti; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes (group marina) marina; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 5 (list)
  • Lycaena marina; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 106; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 723
  • Leptotes marinus; [BOW]: pl. 19, f. 34 (text only)
  • Leptotes marina; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. nat. Mus. 52: 46; [NACL], #4357; [BNA]: 394, pl. 35, f. 386; [NHM card]; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1076; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237

  500x500 (~30Kb) underside USA, Texas, Grapevine, 15-18.6.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen

  Larva on Astragalus , Amorpha californica, Acacia greggii, Dalea purpurea, Dolichos lablab, Galactia , Glycyrrhiza lepidota, Prosopis glandulosa, Lysiloma thornberi, Lathyrus odoratus, Medicago sativa, Lotus scoparius ssp. dendroides, Phaseolus , Wisteria sinensis, Plumbago [BNA]

• Leptotes parrhasioides (Wallengren, 1860) Galapagos Galapagos Blue

  • Lycaena parrhasioides Wallengren, 1860; Wien ent. Monats. 4 (2): 37; TL: Galápagos

  • Leptotes parrhasioides, Butterflies of America [BOA]

  • Lycaena parrhasioides; Wallengren, 1861, Svenska fregatten Eugenies Resa: 355
  • Cupido parrhasioides; Williams, 1911, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 300; Beebe, 1923, Zoologica 5 (3): 55; Van Duzee, 1933, Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21 (12): 143; [NHM card]; Moreno, Silva del Pozo, Estevez, Marggraff & Margraff, 1997, Mariposas del Ecuador: 158
  • Leptotes (group marina) parrhasioides; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 9
  • Leptotes parrhasioides; Linsley & Usinger, 1966, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 33: 157; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: 268; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 9; Roque-Albelo, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 37, f. 3; [NL4A], #1077

  Misidentified/misapplied:

  • ?Leptotes trigemmatus; [BK], 230 (note)

  Larva on Cardiospermum halicacabum, Cardiospermum galapageium?, Crotalaria incana, Rhynchosia minima Roque-Albelo, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 37

• Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931 -. See [maps]

  • Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 79: 534; TL: Jamaica

  • Leptotes perkinsae, Butterflies of America [BOA]

  • Leptotes (group marina) perkinsae; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 5 (list)
  • Leptotes perkinsae; [NHM card]; [NL4A], #1078
  • L. p. perkinsae Jamaica

    • Leptotes perkinsae perkinsae; [NL4A], #1078a
  • L. p. hedgesi Schwartz & Johnson, 1992 Cuba

    • perkinsae hedgesi Schwartz & Johnson, 1992; ; TL: Cuba

    • Leptotes hedgesi, Butterflies of America [BOA]

    • Leptotes (group cassius) hedgesi; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 5 (list)
    • Leptotes perkinsae hedgesi; [NL4A], #1078b
  • L. p. idealus Johnson & Matusik, 1988 Dominican Republic

    • perkinsae idealus Johnson & Matusik, 1988; ; TL: Dominican Republic

    • Leptotes idealus, Butterflies of America [BOA]

    • Leptotes (group marina) idealus; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 5 (list)
    • Leptotes perkinsae idealus; [NL4A], #1078c
• Leptotes trigemmatus (Butler, 1881) Chile. See [maps]

  • Lampides trigemmatus Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1881 (4): 468; TL: Chile
  • Leptotes trigemmatus borealis Ureta, 1949; Bol. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Chile 24: 112; TL: Chile
    • = ; [NL4A], #1079

  • Leptotes trigemmatus, Butterflies of America [BOA]

  • Leptotes trigemmatus borealis; [NHM card]
  • Leptotes (group marina) trigemmatus; Bálint & Johnson, 1995, Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 9
  • Leptotes trigemmatus; [NHM card]; [NL4A], #1079

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