Prosotas dilata

Prosotas dilata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Prosotas
Species: T. 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]

See also

Cited references

  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

References

  • Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.


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