Leptotes (butterfly)

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] The genus can be divided into several distinct geographic groups which often correspond to clades:[1] Afrotropical and Palaearctic species: Indomalayan species: Australasian species: Neotropical species:

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Leptotes pirithous