Prosotas

Prosotas
Common lineblue (Prosotas nora) in Hyderabad, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Prosotas H. H. Druce, 1891

Prosotas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. The species of this genus are found on New Guinea in the Australasian realm and the Indomalayan realm. An overview is provided by Hsu and Yen.^[1]

Species in alphabetical order:

• Prosotas aluta (H. Druce, 1873) – banded lineblue
• Tite, 1963
• Prosotas bhutea (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Bhutya lineblue
• (Snellen, 1892)
• Prosotas dilata (Evans, 1932)
• Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) – small purple lineblue, tailess lineblue
• Toxopeus, 1930
• (Grose-Smith, 1895)
• (Murray, 1874) – Felder's line blue
• Prosotas gracilis (Röber, 1886)
• Prosotas lutea (Martin, 1895)
• (Semper, 1889)
• (de Nicéville, 1895)
• Prosotas nora (Felder, 1860) – common lineblue
• Prosotas noreia (Felder, 1868) – white-tipped lineblue
• Toxopeus, 1929
• Tite, 1963
• Prosotas pia Toxopeus, 1929 – margined lineblue
• Tite, 1963

References[]

External links[]

• Savela, Markku (November 29, 2018). "Prosotas Druce, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
• "Taxonomy Browser: Prosotas". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved December 16, 2019. With images.
• Media related to Prosotas at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Prosotas at Wikispecies

Further reading[]

• French Wikipedia has more information about this genus at fr:Prosotas

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