Genus Leptotes Scudder, 1876
- Leptotes Scudder, S. H. 1876. Synonymic List of the Butterflies of North America, North of Mexico. Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences III(3): 98-129 [124].
Type species:
Lycaena theonus Lucas, 1857 by original designation. - Syntarucus Butler, A.G. 1901. On two new consignments of Butterflies collected by Mr. Richard Crawshay in the Kikuyu Country of British East Africa in 1899 and 1900. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 4: 911-946 [Date published Apr 1901] [929].
Type species:
Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789 by monotypy. - Syntarucoides Kaye, W.J. 1904. A catalogue of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera of Trinidad. With an appendix by J. Guppy. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 52(2): 159-228 [Date published 15 June 1904] [190].
Type species:
Papilio cassius Cramer, 1775 by original designation. - Langia Tutt, J.W. 1906. Natural History of British Butterflies. London : Elliot Stock Vol. 1 479 pp. 20 pls. [314] [a junior homonym of Langia Moore, 1872 and a junior objective synonym of Syntarucus Butler, 1901].
Type species:
Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789 by original designation. - Raywardia Tutt, J.W. 1908. Natural History of British Butterflies. London : Elliot Stock Vol. 2 495 pp. 28 pls. [484] [replacement name for Langia Tutt, 1906].
Type species:
Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789 by indication.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Hemming, F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type-species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology Suppl. 9: 1-509 [245, 394] (discussed the status of Langia Tutt and Raywardia Tutt)
- Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 28(6): 371-505 [446]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland
IBRA
NSW, NT, Qld: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Channel Country (CHC), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Finke (FIN), Gulf Plains (GUP), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Nandewar (NAN), New England Tablelands (NET), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Afrotropical Region
Australian Region
- Australia
- New South Wales: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N coastal
- Queensland: Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Maluku
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Neotropical Region
Oriental Region
General References
Edwards, E.D. 1996. Lycaenidae. pp. 249-254, 360-363 in Nielsen, E.S., Edwards, E.D. & Rangsi, T.V. (eds). Checklist of the Lepidoptera of Australia. Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera. Collingwood : CSIRO Publishing Vol. 4 xiv 529 pp. & CD-ROM. [362]
Eliot, J.N. 1973. The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 28(6): 371-505 [446]
History of changes
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| 06-Sep-2017 | 16-Jul-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Mar-2013 | 05-Mar-2013 | MODIFIED | ||
| 30-Mar-2012 | 30-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 28-Mar-2012 | 28-Mar-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |