Leptotes adamsoni

Leptotes adamsoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Leptotes
Species: L. adamsoni
Binomial name
Leptotes adamsoni
Collins & Larsen, 1991[1]

Leptotes adamsoni, Adamson’s Zebra Blue, is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in Kenya (Near Kora Town and the Tana River).[2] The habitat consists of riverine vegetation with Cordia sinensis as the dominant plant.

Adults have been recorded feeding from the flowers of a Premna species.

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