Prosotas lutea
Prosotas lutea | |
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Male on left, female underside on right | |
Prosotas lutea sivoka (Evans, 1910) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Prosotas |
Species: | P. lutea |
Binomial name | |
Prosotas lutea (Martin, 1895) |
Prosotas lutea[1] or Brown Lineblue is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in Asia.
Range
[edit]The butterfly occurs in India from in the Himalayas from Sikkim onto Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra towards the south and southern Yunnan to the east. [1]
See also
[edit]Cited references
[edit]- ^ a b "Prosotas Druce, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
References
[edit]- 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.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "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.