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Leptotes (butterfly)
''Leptotes'' is a butterfly genus in the family (biology), family Lycaenidae. They are commonly known as zebra blues in reference to their zebra-striped undersides. The genus ''Cyclyrius'' was recently Synonym (taxonomy), 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 blue * ''Leptotes babaulti'' (Stempffer, 1935) – Babault's zebra blue * ''Leptotes brevidentatus'' (Tite, 1958) – Tite's zebra blue * ''Leptotes casca'' (Tite, 1958) * ''Leptotes cassioides'' (Capronnier, 1889) * ''Leptotes durrelli'' Fric, Pyrcz & Wiemers, 2019 * ''Leptotes jeanneli'' (Stempffer, 1935) * ''Leptotes mandersi'' (Druce, 1907) * ''Leptotes marginalis'' (Stempffer, 1944) – black-bordered zebra blue * ''Leptotes mayottensis'' (Tite, 1958) * ''Leptotes piri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lang's Short-tailed Blue
''Leptotes pirithous'', commonly known as Lang's short-tailed blue or common zebra blue, is a butterfly of the family (biology), family Lycaenidae. Description ''Leptotes pirithous'' is a small butterfly with a wingspan of in males and in females. The uppersides of the wings are purple bluish in males, bluish brown in female. The undersides are dark beige striped with white lines. The hindwings show marginal orange and black spots and two small tails. For the design of the undersides of the wings they can be confused with ''Lampides boeticus'' and ''Cacyreus marshalli''. Description in Seitz T. telicanus Lang (? = pirithous L., baeticus Esp.) (77 h; the figure marked male represents a small female). (male violet-blue, female smoky grey with the disc of the forewing bluish white, the intricate markings of the underside appear also above. The underside has on a smoky grey ground a confusion of white lines and rings and around the anal spots of the hindwing very thin blue rings ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
