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.Species
The genus can be divided in several distinct geographic groups which often correspond to clades:
Afrotropical and Palaearctic species:
Indomalayan species:
Australasian species:
Neotropical species:
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