Leptotes marina
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Leptotes |
| Species: | L. marina
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| Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)
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Leptotes marina, the marine blue or striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America and Central America. [1] [2] [3]
Description[]
The wingspan is 22–29 mm. Adults are on wing from April to September in the north and all year round in south. [4]
Ecology[]
The larva feed on Astragalus, Amorpha californica, Acacia greggii, Dalea purpurea, Dolichos lablab, Galactia, Glycyrrhiza lepidota, Prosopis glandulosa, , Lathyrus odoratus, Medicago sativa, , Phaseolus, Wisteria sinensis and Plumbago.
Larvae are also associated with introduced Iridomyrmex humilis (Argentine ants). [5]
References[]
- ^ "Marine Blue (Leptotes marina) (Reakirt, 1868)". Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility.
- ^ Gall, Wayne K.; Andrle, Robert F (1994). "Significant Range Extension of Leptotes Marina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Into New York State". The Great Lakes Entomologist. 26 (4).
- ^ ""Leptotes marina" (Reakirt, 1868)". Instituto de Biología, UNAM.
- ^ "Marine Blue Leptotes marina (Reakirt, 1868)". Butterflies and Moths of North America.
- ^ Brown, John Wesley (December 1989). "Urban biology of Leptotes marina (Reakirt) (Lycaenidae)". Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 44: 200–201.
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Categories:
- Leptotes (butterfly)
- Butterflies of North America
- Butterflies of Central America
- Lycaenidae of South America
- Fauna of the Colorado Desert
- Fauna of the Sonoran Desert
- Butterflies described in 1868
- Taxa named by Tryon Reakirt
- Polyommatini stubs