---
title: "Marine Blue"
description: "Leptotes marina — Insecten en spinnen. Leptotes marina, the marine blue or striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/marine-blue
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Marine Blue

> Leptotes marina — Insecten en spinnen. Leptotes marina, the marine blue or striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

- Scientific name: *Leptotes marina*
- Category: `insects` (Insecten en spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 25714
- Wikidata: [Q1311624](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1311624)
- iNaturalist taxon: [59152](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/59152)

## Names

- en: Marine Blue
- es: Mariposa Azul marina

## Countries with the most observations

US (20506), MX (4170), GT (22), CA (13), HN (4)

## Summary

Leptotes marina, the marine blue or striped blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North America and Central America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leptotes_marina

## Photo

![Marine Blue](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/marine-blue/medium.jpg)

Photo: Adam Jackson · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/374095110

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/marine-blue?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).