Prosotas dilata

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Prosotas dilata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Prosotas
Species:
P. dilata
Binomial name
Prosotas dilata
(Evans, 1932)

Prosotas dilata [1] is a species of lineblue (genus Prosotas) 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 nora ). [2]

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  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prosotas nora ssp. dilata". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. "Prosotas Druce, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

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