Prosotas dubiosa explained
Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue or small purple lineblue,[1] is a blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia to Australia. The species was first described by Georg Semper in 1879.[2]
Subspecies
The subspecies of Prosotas dubiosa are:[2] [1] [3]
- 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).[1]
See also
Cited references
- Web site: Savela . Markku . November 29, 2018 . Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) ]. Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . January 14, 2020.
- Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India . Varshney . R. K. . Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing . 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 129. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
- Web site: Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) – Tailless Lineblue ]. Butterflies of India . 14 January 2020.
References
- Book: Evans . W. H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932.
- Book: Gaonkar, Harish . Harish Gaonkar . Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System . Centre for Ecological Sciences . Bangalore, India . 1996.
- Book: Haribal, Meena . The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History . Gangtok, Sikkim, India . Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation . 1992.
- Book: Kunte, Krushnamegh . Butterflies of Peninsular India . India, A Lifescape . Hyderabad, India . Universities Press . 2000 . 978-8173713545.
- Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329.
External links
- Web site: Takanami . Yusuke . Seki . Yasuo . amp . 2001 . Genus Prosotas . A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines . https://web.archive.org/web/20010908173436/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/Prosotas-Phil/Prosotas-Phil.html . September 8, 2001 . Internet Archive. With images.
