Leptotes babaulti (Stempffer 1935)

[Leptotes babaulti Stempffer]
Syntarucus babaulti Stempffer, 1935: 235; fig. 9, pi. 9, fig. 7; 1952a: 187; 1952b: 116; 1954c: 351. Condamin, 1956: 200.
This is another species of which no Liberian specimens are known but whose recorded distribution makes it a likely inhabitant of the country. The species ranges from Guinea eastward to Abyssinia, south to Kenya.

Leptotes babaulti, the Babault's zebra blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in the Afrotropical realm. The habitat consists of savanna bushveld at 1,000 m and riverine bush to montane grassland at 1,900 m.

The wingspan is 22–29 mm for males and 26–30 mm for females. Adults are on wing year-round, with a peak from November to April.