Prosotas dubiosa
Species of butterfly
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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]
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| Tailless lineblue | |
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| In Talakona forest, in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Prosotas |
| Species: | P. dubiosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, 1879) | |
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Unlike many other species in the Prosotas genus, P. dubiosa does not have hair-like filaments ("tails") protruding from its hindwings, thus the tailless in its common name.[4]
Subspecies
The subspecies of Prosotas dubiosa are:[1][3][5]
- 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 Hyderabad, India
In Hyderabad
In Narsapur, Medak district, India
In Hong Kong
Specimens
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