Prosotas dubiosa

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

Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue[1] or small purple lineblue,[2][3] is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia to Australia.[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, 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]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 3 R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 129. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  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.
  3. 1 2 3 "Prosotas Druce, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  4. ↑ "Prosotas dubiosa Semper, 1879 – Tailless Lineblue". Retrieved 27 August 2017.

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.
  • 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.
  • "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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