Leptotes pirithous

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Leptotes pirithous
Male, dorsal view, Italy
Male ventral view, Portugal
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Leptotes
Species:	L. pirithous
Binomial name
Leptotes pirithous (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms
Lampides telicanus (Lang, 1789) Papilio pirithous Linnaeus, 1767 Papilio telicanus Lang, 1789 Syntarucus pirithous Papilio plinius Fabricius, 1793 Cupido telicanus f. insulana Aurivillius, 1909

Leptotes pirithous, commonly known as Lang's short-tailed blue or common zebra blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.