Cassius Blue

Leptotes cassius (Cramer (1775))

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Leptotes cassius (Cassius Blue) is a species of butterflies in the family gossamer-winged butterflies. They visit flowers of Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye, Croton linearis, romerillo, and desert false indigo. Individuals can grow to 27.5 mm.

EOL has data for 16 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Indigofera tinctoria L. (true indigo)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002303
- Definition: x has habitat y if: x is an organism, y is a habitat, and y can sustain and allow the growth of a population of x
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tropical
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000204
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://environmentontology.org/ Ontology Source: http://envo.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/src/envo/envo.owl
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has host
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002454
- Attribution: From OBO Relation Ontology
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Rhinolophus bat coronavirus HKU2
lays eggs on
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0008507
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Vigna luteola (Jacq.) Benth. (hairypod cowpea)
visits
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002618
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Phyla nodiflora (L.) Greene (Frog Fruit)
visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Heliotropium angiospermum Murray (Scorpion's-Tail)
visual system
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0002104
- Definition: The sensory system subserving the sense of vision.
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apposition eyes
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IDOMAL_0002229
- Definition: A compound eye with no separation between the crystalline-cone layer and the retinula, each rhabdom receiving light only from its own corneal lens.
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wingspan
- URI: http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q245097
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27.5 mm

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Cassius Blue. View this species on GBIF

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Cassius Blue includes 2 children: