Genus Leptotes Scudder, 1876
       
Synonyms
[ORIG] Leptotes Scudder, 1876. Bull. Buff. Soc. nat. Sci. 3(17): 124.  
    TS: Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1857 (=Leptotes cassius theonus (Lucas, 1857)) [Cuban fauna] by original designation.
[JS] Syntarucoides Kaye, 1904.Trans. Entomol. Soc. Lond. (4)1904(2): 190.  
    TS: Papilio cassius Cramer, 1775 by original designation.
Notes  
(1) List of the genera or subgenera found in the Western Palearctic: Leptotes (Syntarucus) Butler, [1901] ; Leptotes (Cyclyrius) Butler, 1897.  
(2) List of the genera or subgenera not found in the Western Palearctic: Leptotes (Leptotes) Scudder, 1876 ; …  
Bibliography  
Kaye W. J. 1904.
A Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad.
Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (4)1904(2): 159-230, pl. 17-18. (url)
New taxon: Syntarucoides.		  
       
Scudder S. H. 1876.
IX. Synonymic List of the Butterflies of North America, North of Mexico.
Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences 3(14-17): 98-129. (url)
New taxon: Leptotes.		  
Reference publications  
Coutsis J. G. 2017.
A re-evaluation of certain generic transfers of species-group taxa belonging to the subtribes Polyommatiti and Leptotiti (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Polyommatini).
Phegea 45(2): 26-34, fig. (url)		  
       
Stempffer H. 1967.
The Genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera : Rhopalocera).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology (Suppl.) 10: 1-322, fig. (url)		  
 
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