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Species of butterfly
In
Talakona forest, in
Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India
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
See also
Cited references
^
a
b
c 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 .
^
a
b
c 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 .
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.