Leptotes plinius

Zebra blue
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

Leptotes plinius, the zebra blue or plumbago blue, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Sri Lanka, India to Australia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1793.

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