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Leptotes Scudder, 1876

Zebra Blues
Leptotes Scudder, 1876; Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 3: 124, TS: Lycaena theonus Lucas
Syntarucus Butler, [1901]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1900 (4): 929, TS: Papilio telicanus Lang

= ; [NL4A, 138]

Syntarucoides Kaye, 1904; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904: 190, TS: Papilio cassius Cramer

= ; [NL4A, 138]

Langia Tutt, 1906; (preocc. Moore, 1872)

= ; [NL4A, 138]

Raywardia Tutt, 1908; (repl. name)

= ; [NL4A, 138]

Syntaruchoides ; Sharp, [1905], Zool. Rec (year 1904) (Ins.): 251 (missp.)
Leptotes (Lycaenidae) ; [BRU2, 138]
Leptotes (Polyommatini) ; [BK, 230]; [Opler]
Leptotes (Polyommatinae) ; [NL4A, 138]
Leptotes (Polyommatini) ; [AfrL]

Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)

AF, SEU, Egypt, Lebanon, Asia Minor - Himalaya, South West Africa, South Africa. See [About maps] Lang's Short-tailed Blue Common Zebra Blue Gris Estriada Modrogończyk wędrowiec
Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767; Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): 790, TL: Algeria
Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789; : 47, TL: Germany
Leptotes pirithous, Moths and Butterflies of Europe [MBE]
Syntarucus pirithous, Europaische Schmetterlinge [Mario Maier]
Leptotes pirithous, Captain's European Butterfly Guide [Simon Coombes]
Syntarucus pirithous ; [H&R, 250]
Syntarucus pyrithous ; [EBW, (name)]
Leptotes pirithous ; [BK: 231, f. 15d (m.gen.), pl. 24, f. 325]; [BRU2: 138, pl. 62, f. 16-18]; [MadL]; [AfrL]; [Otakar Kudrna]
telivanus (Lang); [EBW, (missp. synonym)]

358x450 (~34Kb) underside Axat, Pyrenees Orientales, France 24/07/96, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Plumbago capensis, Indigofera, Rynchosia, Vigna, Burkea, Mundulea, Melilotus, Crataegus [PBSA], Quercus suber, Medicago sativa, Trifolium alexandrium, Arachis hypogaea [BMAT], (in Europe) Lythrum sp., Calluna sp., Genista sp., Dorycnium sp. [BMAT], (in Spain) Lythrum salicaria, Calluna vulgaris, Onobrychis viciifolia, Ulex sp., Melilotus alba [BMAT]

L. p. pirithous

SEU, Caucasus, Transcaucasia, N.Africa? Leptotes pirithous pirithous ; [BAFR, 546]

L. p. insulanus (Aurivillius, 1924)

Mozambique Channel (Europa I.) Cupido telicanus var. insulanus Aurivillius, 1924; in Seitz, Macrolep. 13: 470
Leptotes pirithous insulanus ; [BAFR, 546 (text)]

Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793)

Ceylon, India, Burma, Australia. See [About maps] Zebra Blue
Hesperia plinius Fabricius, 1793; Ent. Syst. 3: 284, TL: "Asia"
Tarucus plinius plutarchus Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 893, pl. 153b, TL: ?N.Sulawesi
Tarucus plinius celis Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 893, TL: E.Sulawesi
Tarucus plinius zingis Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 893, TL: Buton
Leptotes plinius, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Leptotes plinius, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Syntarucus plinius ; [BIR, 266]; [EBW]; [BOW: pl. 181, f. 13, 14]
Leptotes plinius ; [BAFR, 547 (text: not in Africa)]; [MRS, 670]

Larva on Plumbago zeylanic, Indigofera suffruticosa, Albizia lebbeck, Sesbania aculeata, Glycine tomentosa, Tephrosia obovata, Dolichos lablab [MRS]

Larva on Plumbago auriculata, P. capensis, P. zeylanica K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

L. p. pseudocassius (Murray, 1873)

Australia (Cairns - Sydney), Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons, New Hebrides Zebra Blue Plumbago Blue
Lycaena pseudocassius Murray, 1873; Ent. Mon. Mag. 10: 126 (repl. name), TL: E.Australia
Lycaena cassioides Murray, 1873; (preocc. Boisduval, 1870)
Leptotes plinius pseudocassius ; [BAUR, 358]

Larva on Plumbago [BAUR]

L. p. manusi (Rothschild, 1915)

Admiralty Is. Syntarucus manusi Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 394, TL: Admiralty Is.
Leptotes plinius manusi ; [BAUR, 358 (note)]

L. p. lybas (Godart, [1824])

Timor Polyommatus lybas Godart, [1824]; Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 655, TL: Timor
Leptotes plinius lybas ; [BAUR, 358 (note)]

L. p. juvenal (Fruhstorfer, 1922)

Moluccas Tarucus plinius juvenal Fruhstorfer, 1922; in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 893, TL: Batjan
Leptotes plinius juvenal ; [BAUR, 358 (text)]

L. p. hyrcanus (Felder, 1860)

Ambon Lycaena hyrcanus Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 455, TL: Ambon
Leptotes plinius hyrcanus ; [BAUR, 358 (note)]

L. p. leopardus (Schultze, 1910)

Philippines Tarucus leopardus Schultze, 1910; Philippine J. Sci. 5: 161, pl. 1, f. 9, TL: Luzon
Leptotes plinius leopardus ; [BAUR, 358 (text)]

Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer, 1935)

most of Africa (south of Sahara), SW.Arabia?. See [About maps] Babault's Zebra Blue
Syntarucus babaulti Stempffer, 1935; Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. N.S. 2: 235
Leptotes babaulti ; [BAFR, 546]; [BK: 231, f. 15c (m.gen)]; [AfrL]

Leptotes brevidentatus (Tite, 1958)

most of Africa (south of Sahara), SW.Arabia. See [About maps] Tite's Zebra Blue
Syntarucus brevidentatus Tite, 1958; Entomologist 91: 189
Leptotes brevidentatus ; [BAFR, 546 (text)]; [BK: 232, f. 15a (m.gen)]; [AfrL]

Larva on Plumbago capensis [PBSA], Plumbago [BK]

Leptotes jeanneli (Stempffer, 1935)

most of Africa (south of Sahara). See [About maps] Syntarucus jeanneli Stempffer, 1935; Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. N.S. 2: 232
Leptotes jeanneli ; [BAFR, 547]; [BK: 232, f. 15b (m.gen)]; [AfrL]

Larva on Plumbago? [BK]

Leptotes marginalis (Stempffer, 1944)

Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, E.Zaire, S.Sudan. See [About maps] Black-Bordered Zebra Blue
Cupido telicanus ab. marginalis Aurivillius, 1925; in Seitz, Macrolep. 13: 470
Syntarucus marginalis ;
Leptotes marginalis ; [BAFR, 547]; [BK: 232, pl. 24, f. 329]; [AfrL]

Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991

Kenya (Kora Rock). See [About maps] Adamson's Zebra Blue
Leptotes adamsoni Collins & Larsen, 1991; , TL: Kora Rock
Leptotes adamsoni ; [BK: 232, pl. 24, f. 330]; [AfrL]

Leptotes pulcher (Murray, 1874)

most of Africa (south of Sahara). See [About maps] Beatiful Zebra Blue
Lycaena pulchra Murray, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22 (4): 524
Leptotes pulchra ; [BAFR, 547]; [AfrL]
Leptotes pulcher ; [BK: 233, pl. 24, f. 331]

Larva on Sesbania aegyptica [BK]

Leptotes rabefaner (Mabille, 1877)

Madagascar. See [About maps] Lycaena rabefaner Mabille, 1877; Ann. Soc. ent. Fr. (5) 7, Bull.: 71, TL: Madagascar
Leptotes rabenafer[sic?] ; [BAFR, 547]
Leptotes rabefaner ; [MadL]; [AfrL]

Leptotes andicola (Godman & Salvin, 1891)

Ecuador, Colombia. See [About maps] Lycaena andicola Godman & Salvin, 1891; , TL: Ecuador,Colombia
Leptotes krug Bálint, Johnson, Salazar & Vélez, 1995; , TL: Colombia

= ; [NL4A, #1070]

Lycaena alticola ; Dyar, 1914, (missp.)
Leptotes andicola ; [NL4A, #1070]

Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928

Peru. See [About maps] Leptotes bathyllos Tessmann, 1928; , TL: Peru
Leptotes bathyllos ; [NL4A, #1071]

Leptotes callanga (Dyar, 1913)

Peru. See [About maps] Lycaena callanga Dyar, 1913; , TL: Peru
Leptotes callanga ; [NL4A, #1072]

Leptotes cassius (Cramer, [1775])

Florida, S.Texas, Mexico - SA. See [About maps] Tropical Striped Blue Cassius Blue
Papilio cassius Cramer, [1775]; Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 36, pl. 23, f. C, D
Leptotes cassius, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Lycaena cassius ; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 105; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 723
Leptotes cassius ; Brown & Mielke, 1967, J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 151; [NACL, #4356]; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 34]; [BNA: 394, pl. 35, f. 387]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1073]

500x412 (~28Kb) Venezuela, Yacambu park near Barquisimeto, July 2002, Photo © Simon Coombes

Larva on Galactia volubilis, Macroptilium lathyroides, Phaseolus limensis, P. vulgaris, P. lunatus var. lunonanus, Pithecellobium, Crotalaria incana, C. vitellina, Desmodium, Indigofera anil, Malpighia glabra, Plumbago scandens, P. auriculata, P. capensis [BNA]

L. c. cassius

Surinam Leptotes cassius cassius ; [NL4A, #1073a]

L. c. catilina (Fabricius, 1793)

Hesperia catilina Fabricius, 1793; , TL: "Americae meridionalis insulis"
Leptotes cassius catilina ; [NL4A, #1073d]

L. c. theonus (Lucas, 1857)

Florida, Cuba, Bahamas, Greaer Antilles Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1857; in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 611, TL: Cuba
Lycaena cassius var. floridensis Morrison, 1874; : 187, TL: Florida

= ; [NL4A, #1073e]

Leptotes cassius theonus, Butterflies of America [BOA]
catalina ; auth., not Fabricius, 1793
Leptotes theonus ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 46; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 36 (text only)]
Leptotes cassius theonus ; Clench, 1942, Jl N.Y. Ent. Soc. 50: (243-244); [NACL, #4356a]; [NL4A, #1073e]

Larva on (flowers of) Albizzia lebbeck, Calliandra surinamensis, Pithecellobium dulce, Calopogonium mucunoides, Clytostoma callistegoides Fernández, 2004, J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 49

L. c. cassidula (Boisduval, 1870)

Texas, Mexico, Honduras Lycaena cassidula Boisduval, 1870; Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 16, TL: Honduras
Lycaena striata Edwards, 1877; , TL: Texas

= ; [NL4A, #1073b]

Leptotes cassius cassidula, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Leptotes cassius cassidula, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Leptotes cassius cassidula ; [NL4A, #1073b]

L. c. cassioides (Boisduval, 1870)

Dominica Lycaena cassius cassioides Boisduval, 1870; , TL: "Honduras","Mexico"
Leptotes cassius chadwicki Comstock & Huntington, 1943; Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 45: 93, TL: Dominica

= ; [NL4A, #1073c]

Leptotes cassius cassioides ; [NL4A, #1073c]

L. c. striata (Edwards, 1877)

Mexico? Lycaena striata Edwards, 1877; Field & Forest 3: 86, TL: San Antonio?
Leptotes striata ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 46
Leptotes cassius striata ; [NACL, #4356b]

Leptotes delalande Bálint & Johnson, 1995

Ecuador. See [About maps] Leptotes delalande Bálint & Johnson, 1995; , TL: Ecuador
Leptotes delalande ; [NL4A, #1074]

Leptotes lamasi Bálint & Johnson, 1995

Peru. See [About maps] Leptotes lamasi Bálint & Johnson, 1995; , TL: Peru
Leptotes lamasi ; [NL4A, #1075]

Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)

S.Texas, Arizona, California, Mexico, SA. See [About maps] Marine Blue Striped Blue
Lycaena marina Reakirt, 1868; Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (1/2): 87, TL: Mexico, Veracruz
ab. violacea Gunder, 1925; Ent. News 36: 6, TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1076]

Leptotes burdicki Henne, 1935
f. burdicki Henne, 1935; Ent. News. 46: 100, TL: California

= ; [NL4A, #1076]

f. reakirti Field, 1936; J. Ent. Zool. 28: 26 (female), TL: Arizona

= ; [NL4A, #1076]

Leptotes marina, Listing of Mexican Butterflies [ILMB]
Leptotes marina, Butterflies of America [BOA]
Leptotes marina, Butterflies and Moths of North America [BAMONA]
Leptotes marina, Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon [Bruce Walsh]
Lycaena marina ; Godman & Salvin, [1887], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 106; Godman & Salvin, [1901], Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 723
Leptotes marinus ; [BOW: pl. 19, f. 34 (text only)]
Leptotes marina ; Dyar, 1903, Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: 46; [NACL, #4357]; [BNA: 394, pl. 35, f. 386]; [Opler]; [NL4A, #1076]

500x500 (~30Kb) underside USA, Texas, Grapevine, 15-18.6.1996, Photo © Tero Piirainen

Larva on Astragalus, Amorpha californica, Acacia greggii, Dalea purpurea, Dolichos lablab, Galactia, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, Prosopis glandulosa, Lysiloma thornberi, Lathyrus odoratus, Medicago sativa, Lotus scoparius ssp. dendroides, Phaseolus, Wisteria sinensis, Plumbago [BNA]

Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931

-. See [About maps] Leptotes perkinsae Kaye, 1931; , TL: Jamaica
Leptotes perkinsae ; [NL4A, #1078]

L. p. perkinsae

Jamaica Leptotes perkinsae perkinsae ; [NL4A, #1078a]

L. p. hedgesi Schwartz & Johnson, 1992

Cuba perkinsae hedgesi Schwartz & Johnson, 1992; , TL: Cuba
Leptotes perkinsae hedgesi ; [NL4A, #1078b]

L. p. idealus Johnson & Matusik, 1988

Dominican Republic perkinsae idealus Johnson & Matusik, 1988; , TL: Dominican Republic
Leptotes perkinsae idealus ; [NL4A, #1078c]

Leptotes trigemmatus (Butler, 1881)

Chile. See [About maps] Lampides trigemmatus Butler, 1881; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 29 (1881): 468, TL: Chile
Leptotes trigemmatus borealis Ureta, 1949; , TL: Chile

= ; [NL4A, #1079]

Leptotes trigemmatus ; [NL4A, #1079]

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References:

[About maps]

Warning! The maps are automaticly generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.

[AfrL]

Mark C. Williams; Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperoidea; Compiled by Mark C. Williams, 7th ed. (2008) (April 2007); e-mail: Mark C. Williams

[BAFR]

D'Abrera, 1980; Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region

[BAMONA]

Paul Opler, Harry Pavulaan, Ray Stanford, Michael Pogue; Butterflies and Moths of North America; Mountain Prairie Information Node

[BAUR]

D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)

[BCA]

electronic; BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA

[BIR]

Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)

[BK]

Larsen, Torben B., 1996; The Butterflies of Kenya and their natural history

[BMAT]

Tennent, John, 1996; The butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; ISBN 0 906802 05 9

[BNA]

Scott, James A., 1986; The Butterflies of North America

[BOA]

Interactive Listing of American Butterflies; Listado Interactivo de la Mariposas Americanas; Butterflies of America

[BOW]

Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X

[BRU2]

Tuzov (ed.), Bogdanov, Churkin, Devyatkin, Dantchenko, Murzin, Samodurov, Zhdanko, 2000; Guide to the Butterflies of Russia and adjacent territories; Libytheidae, Danaidae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae; Volume 2

[Bruce Walsh]

Bruce Walsh; e-mail: Bruce Walsh; The Moths of Southeastern Arizona; Butterflies of Southeastern Arizon

[Don Herbison-Evans]

and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans

[EBW]

Smart, Paul, 1976; The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World; ISBN 0 600 31381 6

[H&R]

Higgins, L.G, Riley, N.D, 1970; A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Britain and Europe

[ILMB]

Interactive Listing of Mexican Butterflies

[JLS]

Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society; the original J. Lep. Soc. articles

[LAMAS-2005]

Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)

[LAMAS-NEO]

Gerardo Lamas; Bibliography of butterflies; An Annocated Bibliography of the Neotropical Butterflies and Skipper (Lepididoptera: Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea); Revised Electronic Edition (2007)

[MBE]

Moths and Butteflies of Europe; Paolo Mazzei, Diego Reggianti and Ilaria Pimpinelli; http://www.leps.it/

[MRS]

Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2

[MadL]

Lees, D.C., Kremen, C. and Raharitsimba, H. 2003; in S.M. Goodman & J. P. Benstead (eds.), The Natural History of Madagascar; Classification, Diversity and Endemism of the Butterflies (Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea): A Revised Species Checklist: : pp. 762-793; University of Chicago Press. 1709 pp.

[Mario Maier]

Europäische Schmetterlinge; e-mail: Mario Maier

[NACL]

Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.), 1983; Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico

[NL4A]

Gerardo Lamas, 2004; Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera; Checklist: Part 4A; Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea

[Opler]

Opler & Warren, 2003 (April); Butterflies of North America. 2. Scientific Names List for Butterfly Species of North America, north of Mexico.

[PBSA]

Dickson, C.G.C (ed.), Kroon, D.M.; Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa; AD. DONKER 1978

[Simon Coombes]

1 Park Street, Plymouth, PL3 4BL, UK; 01752 607854; e-mail: Simon Coombes; http://www.butterfly-guide.co.uk

[Tero Piirainen]

Tampere, Finland; e-mail: Tero Piirainen

[Yutaka Inayoshi]

A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

Some related literature:

Bálint & Johnson, 1995

Species diagnostics of the genus Leptotes in contental South America (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) Reports Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. 44: 1-24

Beebe, 1923

Notes on Galápagos Lepidoptera Zoologica 5: 51-59

Boisduval, 1870

Considerations sur des Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza Considérations Lépid. Guatemala: 100pp

Bridges, 1988

Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: 811pp (?788pp)

Brown & Mielke, 1967

Lepidoptera of the Central Brazil Plateau. I. Preliminary list of Rhopalocera (continued) J. Lep. Soc. 21 (3): 145-168

Butler, 1881

List of Butterflies collected in Chili by Thomas Edmonds, Esq. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 29 (1881): 449-486, pl. 21

Clench, 1942

The identity of the Florida race of Leptotes Jl N.Y. Ent. Soc. 50: 243-244

Comstock & Huntington, 1943

Lycaenidae of the Antilles Ann. N.Y. Acad. Sci. 45: 49-130 [?1946]

Cramer, [1775]

Uitlandsche Kapellen (Papillons exotiques) Uitl. Kapellen 1 (1-7): 1-132, pl. 1-84 (1775), (8): 133-156, pl. 85-96 (1776)

K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991

Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):

Van Duzee, 1933

The Tempelton-Crocker expedition of the California Academy of Sciences, 1931, no. 12. The diurnal Lepidoptera of the expedition Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 21 (12): 139-146

Dyar, 1903

A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects Bull. U.S. natn. Mus., 52: xix, 723pp

Edwards, 1877

Descriptions of new species of diurnal Lepidoptera found in North America Field & Forest 3: 86-89, 101-105.

Fernández, 2004

New range extensions, larval hostplant records and natural history observations of Cuban butterflies J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 48-50

Fruhstorfer, 1922

13. Gattung: Castalius Hbn. [cont.] - 17. Gattung: Lycaenesthes Mr. in Seitz, Gross-Schmett. Erde 9: 889-896 (16 May)

Godart, [1824]

in Latreille & Godart, Encyclopédie Méthodique. Histoire naturelle Entomologie. 9 (2): 329-828 Encyclopédie Méthodique. 9 (2): 329-828

Godman & Salvin, [1887]; Godman & Salvin, [1901]

Biologia Centrali-Americana. Rhopalocera. (1887-1901) Biol. centr.-amer., Lep. Rhop. 2: 1-782, 3: pl. 1-112

Joicey & Talbot, 1926

New forms of Lepidoptera from the island Sao Thomé Entomologist 59: 220-226

Kaye, 1904

A catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 1904: 159-224

Linnaeus, 1767

Systema Naturae per Regna tria Naturae, secundum Classes, Ordines, .... Editio Duocecima Reformata. Tom. 1. Part II. Syst. Nat. (Edn 12) 1 (2): -,533-1327

Linsley & Usinger, 1966

Insects of Galápagos islands Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. (4) 33: 113-196

Lucas, 1857

Historia física política y natural de la Isla de Cuba. (Lepidópteros) in Sagra, Hist. fis. pol. nat. Isla Cuba (2) 7 : 474-750, pl. 14-17 (French Edition) (1857), 202-313, pl. 14-17 (1857)

Murray, 1873

Description of a new Japanese species of Lycaena, and change of name of L. cassioides Murray Ent. Mon. Mag. 10: 126

Murray, 1874

Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22 (4): 523-529

Reakirt, 1868

Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera. Series III Proc. Acad. nat. Sci. Philad. 18 (1/2): 87-91

Roque-Albelo, 2004

The butterflies (Papilionoidea, Hesperoidea) of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador: distribution, hostplants and biology J. Lep. Soc. 58 (1): 33-43

Rothschild, 1915

On the Lepidoptera of the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 387-402

Stempffer, 1935

Sur les espèces éthiopiennes du genre Syntarucus Btl. Mission Scientifique de l'Omo II Mém. Mus. natn. Hist. nat. N.S. 2: 232

Wallengren, 1860

Lepidopterologische Mittheilungen Wien ent. Monatschr. 4 (2): 33-46 (47?)

Wallengren, 1861

Lepidoptera species novas descripsit K. svenska Fregatten Eugenies Resa omkring Jorden 1: 351-390

Williams, 1911

Expedition of the California Academy of Sciences to the Galápagos Islands, 1905-1906. II. The butterflies and hawk-moths of the Galápagos Islands Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 1: 289-322

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