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Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
AF, SEU, Egypt, Lebanon, Asia Minor - Himalaya, South West Africa, South Africa. See [maps]
Modrogończyk wędrowiec
Gris Estriada
Lang's Short-tailed Blue
Common Zebra Blue
- Leptotes pirithous hoffmannsegii[sic, 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; [PBSA]; Korb & Bolshakov, 2011, Eversmannia Suppl. 2: 78
- Syntarucus pyrithous[sic, pirithous]; [EBW], (name)
- Leptotes pirithous; [BMAT]; [NHM card]; Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21; [BK]: 231, f. 15d (m.gen.), pl. 24, f. 325; [BRU2]: 138, pl. 62, f. 16-18; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]; [FE]
358x450 (~34Kb) underside Axat, Pyrenees Orientales, France 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes
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Larva on
Plumbago capensis,
Indigofera ,
Rynchosia ,
Vigna ,
Burkea ,
Mundulea ,
Melilotus ,
Crataegus [PBSA],
Quercus suber,
Medicago sativa,
Trifolium alexandrium,
Arachis hypogaea,
(in Europe) Lythrum sp.,
Calluna sp.,
Genista sp.,
Dorycnium sp.,
(in Spain) Lythrum salicaria,
Calluna vulgaris,
Onobrychis viciifolia,
Ulex sp.,
Melilotus alba [BMAT],
Astragalus lusitanicus,
Medicago sativa,
Adenocarpus complicatus,
Logos sphareocarpa,
Sophora japonica,
Ulex minor Munguira, García-Barros & Martín, 1997, Boletín de la Asociación española de Entomología, 21: 35
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L. p. pirithous SEU, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, N.Africa?
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L. p. insulanus (Aurivillius, 1924) Mozambique Channel (Europa I.)
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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
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Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793)
Ceylon, India, Burma, Australia. See [maps]
Zebra Blue
- 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); Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:; [MRS], 670; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 155
Larva on
Plumbago auriculata,
P. capensis,
P. zeylanica Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.,
Plumbago zeylanica,
Indigofera suffruticosa,
Albizia lebbeck,
Sesbania aculeata,
Glycine tomentosa,
Tephrosia obovata,
Dolichos lablab [MRS],
Albizia ,
Dolichos ,
Galactia ,
Galscutia ,
Glycine ,
Indigofera ,
Lablab ,
Mimosa ,
Rhynchosia ,
Sesbania ,
Tephrosia ,
Dyerophytum ,
Plumbago ,
Ziziphus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 156
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L. p. lybas (Godart, [1824]) Timor
- Cupido lybas; [NHM card]
- Leptotes plinius lybas; [BAUR], 358 (note)
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L. p. pseudocassius (Murray, 1873) Australia (Cairns - Sydney), Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons, New Hebrides
Plumbago Blue
Zebra 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)
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- 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]
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L. p. hyrcanus (Felder, 1860) Ambon
- Polyommatus hyrcanus; [NHM card]
- Leptotes plinius hyrcanus; [BAUR], 358 (note)
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L. p. leopardus (Schultze, 1910) Philippines
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L. p. manusi (Rothschild, 1915) Admiralty Is.
- Leptotes manusi; [NHM card]
- Leptotes plinius manusi; [BAUR], 358 (note)
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L. p. plutarchus (Fruhstorfer, 1922) Sulawesi, Talaud, Sangihe, Sula
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L. p. celis (Fruhstorfer, 1922) Sulawesi
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L. p. juvenal (Fruhstorfer, 1922) Moluccas
- Tarucus plinius juvenal; [NHM card]
- Leptotes plinius juvenal; [BAUR], 358 (text)
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L. p. zingis (Fruhstorfer, 1922) Buton
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Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)
most of Africa (south of Sahara), SW.Arabia?. See [maps]
Babault's Zebra Blue
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Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)
most of Africa (south of Sahara), SW.Arabia. See [maps]
Tite's Zebra Blue
Larva on
Plumbago capensis [PBSA],
Plumbago [BK]
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Leptotes casca (Tite, 1958) Comoro Is.
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Leptotes mayottensis (Tite, 1958) Comoro Is.
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Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)
most of Africa (south of Sahara). See [maps]
Larva on
Plumbago ? [BK]
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Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)
Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, E.Zaire, S.Sudan. See [maps]
Black-Bordered Zebra Blue
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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]
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Leptotes pulchra (Murray, 1874)
most of Africa (south of Sahara). See [maps]
Beatiful Zebra Blue
Larva on
Sesbania aegyptica [BK]
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Leptotes rabefaner (Mabille, 1877)
Madagascar. See [maps]
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Leptotes terrenus (Joicey & Talbot, 1926) São Tomé I.
- Syntarucus terrenus Joicey & Talbot, 1926; Entomologist 59: 224; TL: Sao Thomé I.
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Leptotes socotranus (Ogilvie-Grant, 1899) Socotra I.
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Leptotes cassioides (Capronnier, 1889) Democratic Republic of Congo
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Leptotes andicola (Godman & Salvin, 1891)
Ecuador, Colombia. See [maps]
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Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928
Peru. See [maps]
- Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928; 126; TL: Peru
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Leptotes callanga (Dyar, 1913)
Peru. See [maps]
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Leptotes cassius (Cramer, [1775])
Florida, S.Texas, Mexico - SA. See [maps]
Tropical Striped Blue
Cassius Blue
- 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; [NAB], 485; [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
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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]
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L. c. cassius Surinam
- Leptotes theones cassius; [NHM card]
- Leptotes cassius cassius; [NL4A], #1073a
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L. c. catilina (Fabricius, 1793)
- Hemiargus catilina; [NHM card]
- Leptotes cassius catalina[sic, catilina]; [NHM card]
- Leptotes cassius catilina; [NL4A], #1073d
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L. c. theonus (Lucas, 1857) Florida, Cuba, Bahamas, Greaer Antilles
- 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; Fernández, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 49; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237
Larva on
(flowers of) Albizzia lebbeck,
Calliandra surinamensis,
Pithecellobium dulce,
Calopogonium mucunoides,
Clytostoma callistegoides Fernández, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 49
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L. c. cassidula (Boisduval, 1870) Texas, Mexico, Honduras
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L. c. cassioides (Boisduval, 1870) Dominica
- Leptotes cassius chadwicki; [NHM card]
- Leptotes theonus cassioides; [NHM card]
- Leptotes cassius cassioides; [NL4A], #1073c
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Leptotes delalande Bálint & Johnson, 1995
Ecuador. See [maps]
- Leptotes delalande; [NL4A], #1074
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Leptotes lamasi Bálint & Johnson, 1995
Peru. See [maps]
- Leptotes lamasi; [NL4A], #1075
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Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)
S.Texas, Arizona, California, Mexico, SA. See [maps]
Marine Blue
Striped Blue
- 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]; [NAB]; [Opler]; [NL4A], #1076; Pelham, 2008, J. Res. Lepid. 40: 237
500x500 (~30Kb) underside USA, Texas, Grapevine, 15-18.6.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen
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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]
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Leptotes parrhasioides (Wallengren, 1860) Galapagos
Galapagos Blue
- 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
Larva on
Cardiospermum halicacabum,
Cardiospermum galapageium?,
Crotalaria incana,
Rhynchosia minima Roque-Albelo, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 37
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Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931
-. See [maps]
- Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 79: 534; TL: Jamaica
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L. p. perkinsae Jamaica
- Leptotes perkinsae perkinsae; [NL4A], #1078a
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L. p. hedgesi Schwartz & Johnson, 1992 Cuba
- perkinsae hedgesi Schwartz & Johnson, 1992; ; TL: Cuba
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L. p. idealus Johnson & Matusik, 1988 Dominican Republic
- perkinsae idealus Johnson & Matusik, 1988; ; TL: Dominican Republic
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Leptotes trigemmatus (Butler, 1881)
Chile. See [maps]
Misidentified/misapplied:
- Leptotes trigemmatus (= Leptotes parrhasioides?); [BK], 230 (note)
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