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Leptotes (butterfly)

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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]

Species

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 pirithous

References

  1. ^ a b Fric, Z. F.; Maresova, J.; Kadlec, T.; Tropek, R.; Pyrcz, T. W.; Wiemers, M. (2019). "World travellers: phylogeny and biogeography of the butterfly genus Leptotes (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Systematic Entomology. 44 (3): 652–665. doi:10.1111/syen.12349. S2CID 195412904.

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Leptotes (butterfly): Brief Summary

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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.

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