Mud-puddling in wet season at Ananthagiri Hills, in Ranga Reddy district of Andhra Pradesh, India
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Leptotes
Species:
L. plinius
Binomial name
Leptotes plinius
(Fabricius, 1793)
Synonyms
Hesperia plinius Fabricius, 1793
Syntarucus plinius
Tarucus plinius (Fabricius, 1793)
Tarucus plinius celis Fruhstorfer, 1922
Tarucus plinius plutarchus Fruhstorfer, 1922
Tarucus plinius zingis Fruhstorfer, 1922
In wet season in Hyderabad, India.
Leptotes plinius, the zebra blue[1][2] or plumbago blue,[3] is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Sri Lanka, India[1] to Australia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.[2]
^ abVarshney, R. K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 134. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
^ abSavela, Markku. "Leptotes plinius (Fabricius, 1793)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
^Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Leptotes plinius". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
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