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Leptotes marginalis

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Leptotes marginalis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Leptotes
Species:
L. marginalis
Binomial name
Leptotes marginalis
(Stempffer, 1944)[1]
Synonyms
  • Syntarucus marginalis Stempffer, [1944]
  • Cupido telicanus ab. marginalis Aurivillius, 1924

Leptotes marginalis, the black-bordered zebra blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Sudan, Uganda, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (South Kivu and Lualaba), Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Zambia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Leptotes at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
  2. ^ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-09.