Prosotas | |
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Common lineblue ( Prosotas nora ) in Hyderabad, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
Tribe: | Polyommatini |
Genus: | Prosotas H. H. Druce, 1891 |
Prosotas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. The species of this genus are found on New Guinea in the Australasian realm and the Indomalayan realm. An overview is provided by Hsu and Yen. [1]
Species in alphabetical order:
Jamides, commonly called ceruleans, is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm, the Palearctic realm and the Australasian realm.
Miletus is a genus of butterflies. Its species are found in the eastern Palearctic ecozone and the Indomalaya ecozone, and some stray east of the Wallace line. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner around 1819. Miletus is the type genus of the subfamily Miletinae.
Allotinus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone.
Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue or small purple lineblue, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia to Australia.
Prosotas dilata is a species of lineblue belonging to the blue butterfly family (Lycaenidae). The butterfly is found on the Nicobar Islands of India. It is now considered as a subspecies of the common lineblue.
Prosotas lutea or Brown Lineblue is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in Asia.
Nacaduba is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It contains many of the species commonly called "lineblues". As they are the genus initially erected to contain all lineblues, they might be considered the "typical" lineblues, as opposed to the species relatives now separated in Catapyrops, Prosotas and Petrelea.
Candalides is a large genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian ecozone.
Catopyrops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The range extends from India to the Malay Archipelago and the Solomon Islands.
Danis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Drina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Hypolycaena is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. Hypolycaena species are found in the Australasian, Indomalayan and Afrotropical realms.
Luthrodes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. Its species are found in Asia and in Oceania.
Psychonotis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian ecozone.
Tajuria is an Indomalayan genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.
Udara is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Indomalayan and the Australasian realms.
Catopyrops ancyra, commonly known as Felder's lineblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Cajetan Felder in 1860. It is found in the Indomalayan and Australasian realms.
Prosotas gracilis or The Dark-based Lineblue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Julius Röber in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
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