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Leptotes adamsoni

species of insect

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ6528547 ↗
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Leptotes adamsoni, the Adamson's zebra blue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Kenya (near Kora Town and the Tana River). 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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This entry incorporates text from “Leptotes adamsoni” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.