Prosotas dubiosa

Tailless lineblue
	In Talakona forest, in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Prosotas
Species:	P. dubiosa
Binomial name
	Prosotas dubiosa; (Semper, 1879)

Last updated May 20, 2024

Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue^[1] or small purple lineblue,^[2]^[3] is a blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia to Australia. The species was first described by Georg Semper in 1879.^[1]

Subspecies

The subspecies of Prosotas dubiosa are:^[1]^[3]^[4]

Prosotas dubiosa dubiosa - Australia
Prosotas dubiosa eborata(Tite, 1963) - Solomon Islands
Prosotas dubiosa indica(Evans, [1925]) - India
Prosotas dubiosa lumpura(Corbet, 1938) - Malay Peninsula
Prosotas dubiosa subardates(Piepers & Snellen, 1918) - Java, Sulawesi

Range

The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and peninsular India and the Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam. The range extends onto Myanmar and Yunnan, and, possibly Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. Possibly Philippines and Sulawesi. Further east the butterfly occurs in Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. In Australia the butterfly occurs from Northern Australia to New South Wales (Coffs Harbour).^[3]

Gallery

In Talakona forest, in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India
In Talakona forest, in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India
In Hyderabad, India
In Hyderabad
In Narsapur, Medak district, India
In Hong Kong
Specimens

Cited references

1 2 3 Varshney, R. K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 129. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prosotas dubiosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 23, 2018.
1 2 3 Savela, Markku (November 29, 2018). "Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.
↑ "Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) – Tailless Lineblue". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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References

Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

External links

Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Prosotas". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 8, 2001 – via Internet Archive. With images.

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[Smetacek-1] 1 2 3 Varshney, R. K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 129. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.

[LepIndex_dubiosa-2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prosotas dubiosa". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum . Retrieved April 23, 2018.

[Savela-3] 1 2 3 Savela, Markku (November 29, 2018). "Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.

[4] "Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) – Tailless Lineblue". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 14 January 2020.

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