Leptotes webbianus

Leptotes webbianus from original description.

Leptotes webbianus

Taxonavigation

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 webbianus
Subspecies: L. w. grancanariensis – L. w. palmae – L. w. webbianus

Name

Leptotes webbianus (Brullé, 1839)

Type locality: Canary Islands (Spain).

Holotype: not located

Synonymy

• Polyommatus webbianus Brullé, 1839: 93, pl.4, figs 1,1a.
• Cyclyrius webbianus (Brullé); Williams: consulted 07.ii.2011.
• Leptotes (Cyclyrius) webbianus (Brullé); Mérit et al., 2017: 517.
• Leptotes webbianus (Brullé); Fric et al., 2019.

References

• Brullé, G.A. 1839. Entomologie. Lépidoptères. In M.M.P. Barker-Webb & S. Berthelot (1836–1844): Histoire Naturelle des Iles Canaries, Vol.2, Pt.2: 93–95, pl.4, París. BHL, plate. 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. 
• Mérit, X., Manil, L., Vila, R. & Wiemers, M. 2017. Inter-island differentiation of Leptotes (Cyclyrius) webbianus (Brullé, 1839) in the Canary Islands (Spain), with description of two new subspecies from La Palma and Gran Canaria (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). SHILAP Revista de Lepidopterología 45(179): 513–520. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 

Links

• Williams, M.Afrotropical Butterflies.