Leptotes cassius cassioides

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 cassius
Subspecies: Leptotes cassius cassioides

Name

Leptotes cassius cassioides (Boisduval, 1870).

Type locality: Honduras.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena cassioides Boisduval, 1870: 16.
• Leptotes cassius chadwicki Comstock & Huntingdon, 1943: 93, pl. 1, fig. 28. Dominica, Roseau Valley; synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 138.
• Leptotes cassius cassioides (Boisduval); Lamas, 2004: 138.

References

• Boisduval, J.-A. 1870. Considerations sur les Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza. 100 pp., Rennes. Web Reference page. 
• Comstock, W. P. & Huntington, E. I., 1943. Lycaenidae of the Antilles. (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 45(2): 49–130, figs 1-2, pl. 1, tbl. 1-3. pdf. 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.