Leptotes marina

Leptotes marina, underside.

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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Leptotes
Species: Leptotes marina

Name

Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868).

Type locality: Mexico, Orizaba.

Syntypes: FMNH?.

Synonymy

• Lycaena marina Reakirt, 1868: 87.
• Lycaena cassioides Boisduval, 1870: 16.
• Leptotes marina violacea (ab.) Gunder, 1925, Ent. News 36(1): 3, pl. 1, fig. U.
• Leptotes marina burdicki (ab.) Henne, 1935, Ent. News 46(4): 100.
• Leptotes marina reakirti (forma) Field, 1936, J. Ent. Zool. 28(2): 26. Arizona, Mesa Butte, USNM.
• Leptotes marina (Reakirt); Balint & Johnson, 1995: 5; Lamas, 2004: 138.

References

• Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K. 1995. Species diagnostics of the genus Leptotes in continental South America (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Reports of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point) 44: 1–24. PDF. Reference page. 
• Boisduval, J.-A. 1870. Considerations sur les Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza. 100 pp., Rennes. Web Reference page. 
• Reakirt, T. 1868. Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 20: 87–91. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.