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Prosotas lutea

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Prosotas lutea
Male on left, female underside on right
Prosotas lutea sivoka (Evans, 1910)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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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

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Cited references

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  1. ^ a b "Prosotas Druce, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

References

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  • 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.