Leptotes marina, underside.
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: 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. B., 1870. Considerations sur les Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza. 100 pp., Rennes. Web Reference page. 
  • Lamas, G. 2004. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page. 
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