Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)
(Marine Blue)

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Synonymy

(From: A Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada, Jonathan P. Pelham)

Genus Leptotes Scudder, 1876

Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Sci. 3: 124, no. 28. Type-species: Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1856, in: Sagra, Hist. Cuba 7(2): 611-612, pl. Art. 16, figs. 8, 8A, 8B (= Papilio cassius Cramer, 1775, Uitl. Kapellen 1(2): 36, pl. 23, figs. C, D; (8): 152 (index); subspecies), by original designation.

=    Cyclyrius Butler, [1987]

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(4): 830. Type-species: Polyommatus webbianus Brullé, 1840, in: Webb and Berthelot, Canaries (Ins.): 93, pl. 4, figs. 1, 1A, by original designation.

=    Syntarucus Butler, [1901]

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1900(4): 929. Type-species: Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789, Verz. Schmett. Gegend. Augsburg (2nd ed.): 47-48, nos. 387-389 (= Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1(2): 790, no. 235; synonym), by monotypy.

=    Syntarucoides Kaye, 1904

Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (4)1904(2): 190. Type-species: Papilio cassius Cramer, 1775, Uitl. Kapellen 1(2): 36, pl. 23, figs. C, D; (8): 152 (index), by original designation.

      =    ‡Langia Tutt, 1906

Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts. 1(12): 314. Type-species: Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789, Verz. Schmett. Gegend. Augsburg (2nd ed.): 47 (= Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1(2): 790, no. 235: synonym), by original designation. Preoccupied by Langia Moore, 1872, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1872: 567, and a junior objective synonym of Syntarucus Butler, [1901].

      =    ‡Raywardia Tutt, 1908

Nat. Hist. Brit. Butts. 2(25): 484. Type-species: Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789, Verz. Schmett. Gegend. Augsburg (2nd ed.): 47 (= Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767, Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1(2): 790, no. 23; synonym), as a replacement name. Proposed to replace Langia Tutt, 1906, preoocupied (Code Articles 60.3, 67.8). A junior objective synonym of Syntarucus Butler, [1901].

marina group, Bálint & K. Johnson, 1995

Reps. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wisc. (Stevens Point) 44: 4-5.

Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 20(1/2): 87, no. 51.

Original Combination: Lycaena Marina

Type Locality: “Orizaba, Mexico...Mexico, near Vera Cruz” [Veracruz]

Types: Syntypes in FMNH.

                   =    ‡”violacea” Gunder, 1925

Entomol. News 36(1): 6, no. 10, pl. 1, fig. U ♀ D (“holotype”).

Original Combination: Leptotes marina ab. ♀ violacea

Type Locality: “Oak Glen, Riverside County, California”

Types: “Holotype” in AMNH.

                   =    ‡”burdicki” Henne, 1935

Entomol. News 46(4): 100, fig. 1 ♂ V (“holotype”).

Original Combination: Leptotes marina form burdicki

Type Locality: “Lennox, Los Angeles County, California”

Types: “Holotype” in UCMC.

                   =    ‡”reakirti” W. D. Field, 1936

J. Entomol. & Zool. 28(2): 26.

Original Combination: Leptotes marina female f. reakirtii

Type Locality: “Mesa Butte, Arizona” [Coconino County]

Types: “Holotype” in USNM.

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