Leptotes plinius

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Leptotes
Species: Leptotes plinius
Subspecies: (9)
L. p. celis – L. p. hyrcanus – L. p. juvenal – L. p. leopardus – L. p. manusi – L. p. plinius – L. p. plutarchus – L. p. pseudocassius – L. p. zingis

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Name

Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, [1793]).

Type locality: "India".

Holotype: BMNH.

Synonyms

Hesperia plinius Fabricius, [1793]: 284.
Papilio plinius (Fabricius); Donovan, 1800: pl. 42, fig. 1.
Polyommatus plinius (Fabricius); Godart, 1823: 658.
Lycaena plinius (Fabricius); Horsfield, 1828: 72.
Tarucus plinius (Fabricius); Moore, 1881: 82, pl. 36, fig. 4.
Syntarucus plinius (Fabricius); Moore, 1910: 49, pl. 651, figs 2, 2a-2d; Evans, 1921: 30.
Leptotes plinius (Fabricius); Bridges, 1994: IX.63.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Butler, A. G., [1870]. Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the collection of the British Museum. (1869). v + 303 pp., 3 pls. London. BHL, plates. Reference page.
Donovan, E., 1800-1804. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and of the islands in the Indian seas. Lepidoptera, plates 15-51. T. Bensley, London. BHL. Reference page.
Evans, W.H. 1921. Notes on Indian butterflies. Pt. 6. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 28(1): 30–40. Reference page.
Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page.
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 Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H. 1909–1927. In Seitz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9. Stuttgart. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page.
Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page.
Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page.
Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page.
Moore, F., 1910–1911. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 8. Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae. 293pp., pls 640-705a. Reference page.

Vernacular names

English: Zebra Blue
தமிழ்: வரி நீலன்