Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Prosotas dubiosa | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Prosotas Rank Species | |
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Similar Prosotas, Prosotas nora, Anthene lycaenina, Catochrysops strabo, Nacaduba | ||
Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue or small purple line blue, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia.
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).
References
Prosotas dubiosa Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA