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 plinius
Subspecies: (9)
L. p. celis L. p. hyrcanus L. p. juvenal L. p. leopardus L. p. manusi L. p. plinius L. p. plutarchus L. p. pseudocassius L. p. zingis

Name

Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, [1793]).

Type locality: "India".

Holotype: BMNH .

Synonyms

  • Hesperia plinius Fabricius, [1793]: 284.
  • Papilio plinius (Fabricius); Donovan, 1800: pl. 42, fig. 1.
  • Polyommatus plinius (Fabricius); Godart, 1823: 658.
  • Lycaena plinius (Fabricius); Horsfield, 1828: 72.
  • Tarucus plinius (Fabricius); Moore, 1881: 82, pl. 36, fig. 4.
  • Syntarucus plinius (Fabricius); Moore, 1910: 49, pl. 651, figs 2, 2a-2d; Evans, 1921: 30.
  • Leptotes plinius (Fabricius); Bridges, 1994: IX.63.

References

  • Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
  • Butler, A. G., [1870]. Catalogue of diurnal Lepidoptera described by Fabricius in the collection of the British Museum. (1869). v + 303 pp., 3 pls. London. BHL, plates. Reference page. 
  • Donovan, E., 1800-1804. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and of the islands in the Indian seas. Lepidoptera, plates 15-51. T. Bensley, London. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Evans, W. H., 1921. Notes on Indian butterflies. Pt.6. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 28(1): 30-40. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Fabricius, J.C., 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Vol. 3(1): [vi], pp. 1-349. C. G. Proft, Hafniae. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329–828. Paris. Vol. 1, Vol. 2. Reference page. 
  • Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F., 1881. Lepidoptera of Ceylon Volume 1. L. Reeve & Co., London. 190 pp. 71 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
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