Life Insecta Lepidoptera Ditrysia Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Polyommatinae

512x341 (~45Kb) upperside India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar	512x341 (~45Kb) underside India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar	600x400 (~64Kb) upperside India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
600x400 (~38Kb) underside India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

• Prosotas aluta (Druce, 1873) Kumaon - Burma, Malaya, Sumatra - Philippines. See [maps] Banded Lineblue

  • Cupido aluta Druce, 1873; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2): 349, pl. 32, f. 8; TL: Borneo

  • Nacaduba aluta; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 578; Druce, 1896, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (3): 656; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119, pl. 4, f. 9; Butler, 1900, Mon. Christmas Isl.: 63; [BIR], 298 (key); [BOW]: pl. 178, f. 36
  • Prosotas aluta; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 30; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 144; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

  1211x1007 (~343Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Cambodia, Siem Reap Province, near Phnom Krom, scrub at a huge swamp at Lake Tonle-Sap bank, 18th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  1105x945 (~295Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Cambodia, Siem Reap Province, near Phnom Krom, scrub at a huge swamp at Lake Tonle-Sap bank, 18th June 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  1086x804 (~220Kb) ♂ ♀ underside Cambodia, Siem Reap Province, scrub at Lake Tonle-Sap bank near Kampong Phluk, 2nd November 2018, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  Larva on Dalbergia Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 144

  • P. a. aluta Borneo

    • Prosotas aluta aluta; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90; [BOR], 641 (name)
  • P. a. coelestis (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]) Andamans, India, Assam, ?Ceylon, S.Yunnan

    • Nacaduba coelestis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt.II (4): 366, pl. 17, f. 11; TL: Andamans

    • Nacaduba aluta coelestis; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119
    • Nacaduba coelestis; [CoL]
    • Prosotas aluta coelestis; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90, f. 46; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
    • Prosotas aluta coelistis[sic?]; [BOR], 641
  • P. a. nanda (de Nicéville, 1895) NE.Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, ?S.Thailand

    • Nacaduba nanda de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 34, pl. S, f. 23; TL: NE.Sumatra

    • Nacaduba aluta nanda; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119
    • Prosotas aluta nanda; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90; [BOR], 641 (mame); [BMP]: 258, pl. 37, f. 48-49; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
  • P. a. lessina (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Nias

    • Nacaduba aluta lessina Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119; TL: Nias

    • Prosotas aluta lessina; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90; [BOR], 641 (name); [CoL]
  • P. a. philiata (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines

    • Nacaduba aluta philiata Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119; TL: Philippines

    • Prosotas aluta philiata; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90; [BOR], 641 (name); [CoL]
  • P. a. alutina (Fruhstorfer, 1916) N.Sulawesi, Banggai

    • Nacaduba aluta alutina Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 120; TL: N.Celebes

    • Prosotas aluta alutina; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90; [BOR], 641 (name); Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 237; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 144; [CoL]
• Prosotas nora (Felder, 1860) AU, Ceylon, Burma. See [maps] Common Lineblue

  • Lycaena nora Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 458; TL: Amboina

  • Nacaduba nora; de Nicéville, [1884], J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4): 73, pl. 1, f. 14; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 392; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 116, pl. 4, f. 6-7; [BIR], 298 (key); [BOW]: pl. 178, f. 43
  • Prosotas nora; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90; [MRS], 671; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 30; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Acacia caesia [BIR], Acacia , Mimosa , Pithecellobium , Allophylus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

  • P. n. nora Aru, Kai, Ambon, Serang, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, S.India - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam

    • Prosotas nora nora; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; [BOR], 641 (name); [BAUR], 343; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 237; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145
  • P. n. ardates (Moore, [1875]) Ceylon, India, Yunnan

    • Lycaena ardates Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4): 574, pl. 67, f. 1; TL: Parl; Pooneh, Cashmere
    • Nacaduba kodi Evans, 1910; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 387; TL: Palni Hills
      • = ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90

    • Lampides ardates; Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 49 Pt.II (4): 229
    • Lycaena ardates; [CoL]
    • Nacaduba ardates; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 90, pl. 38, f. 2, 2a; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 578
    • Prosotas nora ardates; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90, f. 48, 53; [BOR], 641; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    765x864 (~53Kb) underside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

    759x732 (~68Kb) underside Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  • P. n. kupu (Kheil, 1884) Nias

    • Plebeius kupu Kheil, 1884; Rhopalocera Ins. Nias: 29, pl. 5, f. 34; TL: Nias

    • Nacaduba nora kupu; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 117
    • Prosotas nora kupu; [BOR], 641 (name); [CoL]
  • P. n. caliginosa Druce, 1891 Fergusson I., Malaita, Alu

    • Prosotas caliginosa Druce, 1891; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 (3): 366, pl. 31, f. 15; TL: Alu I.

    • Nacaduba nora caliginosa; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 118
    • Prosotas caliginosa; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 395; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97, f. 63; [BAUR], 345; [CoL]
    • Prosotas nora caliginosa; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 30
  • P. n. auletes (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914) Torres Strait Is., Cape York - Atherton Tablelands Nora Line Blue

    • Nacaduba nora auletes Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914; Butts Australia: 98, f. 353-355; TL: Cape York

    • Prosotas nora auletes; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; [BAUR], 343 (text); [CoL]
  • P. n. formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Taiwan

    • Nacaduba nora formosana Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 116; TL: Formosa

    • Prosotas nora formosana; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; [BOR], 641 (name); [MRS], 671; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]

    Larva on Acacia caesia [MRS]

  • P. n. superdates (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Sundaland, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Palawan

    • Nacaduba nora donina f. superdates Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 117; TL: Java

    • Prosotas nora superdates; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; [BOR], 641 (name); [BMP]: 257, pl. 37, f. 52-54; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
    • Prosotas superdates; [CoL]
  • P. n. meraha Fruhstorfer, 1916 Enggano

    • Nacaduba nora f. meraha Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 117; TL: Engano

    • Prosotas nora meraba; [CoL]
    • Prosotas nora meraha; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; [BOR], 641 (name)
  • P. n. semperi (Fruhstorfer, 1916) Philippines

    • Nacaduba nora semperi Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 116; TL: S.Philippines

    • Prosotas nora semperi; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; [BOR], 641 (name); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. n. fulva (Evans, [1925]) Andamans

    • Nacaduba dubiosa fulva Evans, [1925]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (3): 613; TL: Andamans

    • Prosotas nora fulva; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; [BOR], 641 (name); [CoL]
  • P. n. dilata (Evans, 1932) Nicobars

    • Nacaduba nora dilata Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 243; TL: Nicobars

    • Prosotas nora dilata; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; [BOR], 641 (name); [CoL]
• Prosotas pia Toxopeus, 1929 -. See [maps] Margined Lineblue

  • Prosotas pia Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4): 239, 241; TL: W. Java

  • Prosotas pia; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 94; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. p. pia Sundaland

    • Prosotas pia pia; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 94, f. 55, pl. 1, f. 18, pl. 2, f. 9; [BMP]: 257, pl. 37, f. 55-57; [BOR], 641 (name)
  • P. p. elioti Tite, 1963 Sulawesi

    • Prosotas pia elioti Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 94; TL: S.Celebes, Malino, 3000ft

    • Prosotas pia elioti; [BOR], 641; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 237; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145; [CoL]
  • P. p. ceramensis Tite, 1963 Ceram

    • Prosotas pia ceramensis Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 94; TL: Ceram

    • Prosotas pia ceramensis; [BAUR], 344 (text); [CoL]
  • P. p. marginata Tite, 1963 Sikkim, Assam, Burma, S.Yunnan

    • Prosotas pia marginata Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 94, pl. 1, f. 16-17; TL: Assam, Naga Hills

    • Prosotas pia marginata; [BOR], 641 (name); [CoL] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
• Prosotas atra Tite, 1963 Ceram, West Irian - Papua, New Britain. See [maps]

  • Prosotas atra Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 92; TL: New Britain, Talesea

  • Prosotas atra; [BAUR], 344; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 30; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas talesea Tite, 1963 New Britain. See [maps]

  • Prosotas talesea Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 93, f. 50, pl. 1, f. 12-13; TL: New Britain, Talesea

  • Prosotas talasea[sic?]; [BAUR], 344 (text)
  • Prosotas talesea; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 30; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas papuana Tite, 1963 West Irian - Papua. See [maps]

  • Prosotas papuana Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 93, f. 51, pl. 1, f. 14-15; TL: British New Guinea, Hydrographer Mts, 2500ft

  • Prosotas papuana; [BAUR], 344; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 30; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas gracilis (Röber, 1886) -. See [maps]

  • Plebeius gracilis Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3): 67, pl. 5, f. 1; TL: Ceram

  • Nacaduba aluta gracilis; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 120
  • Prosotas gracilis; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. g. gracilis Moluccas

    • Nacaduba gerydomaculata Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 139; TL: Manusela, Central Ceram, 650m
      • = ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 238; Takanami, 1992, Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 49
    • Prosotas gracilis bonthainica Toxopeus; (nom. nud.)
      • = ; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 238

    • Faunis gracilis gracilis; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
    • Prosotas gracilis gracilis; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; [BOR], 642 (name); [BAUR], 344; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 238; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145
    • Prototas gracilis gracilis; Takanami, 1992, Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 49
  • P. g. donina (Snellen, 1901) Java

    • Lycaena donina Snellen, 1901; Tijdschr. Ent. 43: 262; TL: W.Java

    • Nacaduba nora donina; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 117
    • Prosotas gracilis donina; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; [BOR], 642 (name); [CoL]
  • P. g. ni (de Nicéville, 1902) NE.Sumatra

    • Nacaduba ni de Nicéville, 1902; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (2): 247, pl. FF, f. 8; TL: NE.Sumatra; W.Java
    • Nacaduba basiatrata Strand, 1910; Dt. ent. Z. Iris 24 (10): 203; TL: Sumatra
      • = ?; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96

    • Nacaduba ni; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 122
    • Prosotas gracilis ni; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96, f. 59; [BMP]: 257, pl. 37, f. 46-47; [CoL] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
  • P. g. saturatior (Rothschild, 1915) Vulcan I.

    • Nacaduba saturatior Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 393; TL: Vulcan Island

    • Prosotas gracilis saturatior; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; [BAUR], 344; [CoL]
  • ?P. g. pia de Nicéville² Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, ?Borneo

    • Prosotas gracilis pia; [BOR], 642
    • Prosotas pia de Nicéville;
• Prosotas elsa (Grose-Smith, 1895) Ambon

  • Nacaduba elsa Grose-Smith, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (4): 509; TL: Amboina
    • = ?Prosotas maputi;

  • Prosotas elsa; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96, f. 60-61; [BAUR], 344; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas maputi (Semper, 1889) Philippines (Mindanao). See [maps]

  • Chilades maputi Semper, 1889; Reisen Philipp. (4): 170, pl. 32, f. 26; TL: E.Mindanao

  • Nacaduba berenice maputi; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 78; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: 212; [BOR], 640 (name); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • Prosotas maputi; Takanami, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 (2): 75, f. 19-20, 25; Treadaway, 1995, Nachr. Ent. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 14: 69; Schröder, 2008, Futao (54): 16, pl. 2, f. 25-26; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas nelides (de Nicéville, 1895) Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, ?Borneo. See [maps]

  • Nacaduba nelides de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 280, pl. O, f. 24; TL: NE.Sumatra; W.Java

  • Nacaduba glauca nelides; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 118
  • Prosotas nelides; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 90, f. 47; [BOR], 642; [BMP]: 257, pl. 37, f. 43-45; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 30; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas ella Toxopeus, 1930 Sulawesi. See [maps]

  • Prosotas ella Toxopeus, 1930; De soorte .. Plaats. en Tijd.: 188; TL: Palu, Centr. Celebes

  • Prosotas ella; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 95, f. 56; [BOR], 642; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 238; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas bhutea (de Nicéville, [1884]) Sikkim - Assam, Karens, Yunnan. See [maps] Bhutya Lineblue

  • Nacaduba bhutea de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4): 72, pl. 1, f. 13 ♂; TL: Sikkim
  • (Nacaduba) tambunanensis Barlow, Banks & Holloway, 1971; Oriental Insects 5 (3): 289

  • Nacaduba bhutea; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3): 578; [BIR], 298(key)
  • Prosotas bhutea; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 95, f. 57; [BOR], 642; [BMP]: 257, pl. 37, f. 50-51; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note); [iNaturalist]
  • Prosotas butea tambunanensis; [CoL]
  • Prosotas butea; [CoL]
• Prosotas datarica (Snellen, 1892) Java. See [maps]

  • Lycaena datarica Snellen, 1892; Tijdschr. Ent. 35 (3/4): 140; TL: Java

  • Lycaena datarica; Piepers & Snellen, 1918, Rhop. Java [4]: 42, pl. 21, f. 57a-b
  • Nacaduba aluta datarica; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119
  • Prosotas datarica; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 95, f. 58; [BOR], 642; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas norina Toxopeus, 1929 Java. See [maps]

  • Prosotas norina Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4): 239; TL: Java

  • Prosotas norina; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 95; [BOR], 642 (name); Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) AU, Ceylon, India, Burma. See [maps] Tailess Lineblue

  • Plebeius dubiosa Semper, [1879]; J. Mus. Godeffroy 5 (14): 159, no. 66; TL: N.Australia
  • Lycaena conjungens Lucas, 1889; Proc. R. Soc. Qd 6 (4): 160; TL: Townswille - Brisbane
    • = ; [AUCL]
  • Lycaena mackayensis Miskin, 1890; Proc. linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 5 (1): 35; TL: Mackay
    • = Prosotas felderi; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 93
    • = ; [AUCL]

  • Lycaena coryangens[sic, conjungens]; Lucas, 1889, Proc. R. Soc. Qd 6 (4): f. 11-12
  • Nacaduba dubiosa; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 392; [BIR], 298 (key); [BOW]: pl. 178, f. 43 (text)
  • Prosotas dubiosa; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:; Dunn, 1997, Victorian Ent. 27 (6): (114-118) ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [LEPIFORUM] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  990x810 (~99Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  1224x1202 (~89Kb) Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 26th January 2005, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  547x812 (~61Kb) upperside Thailand, Chon Buri Province, Pattaya, bushes and trees around a small grassy swampat the Jomtien beach, between B.O. Guesthouse and Jomtien Metro Condotel. 2nd January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  Larva on Macadamia integrifolia, Acacia leiocalyx, Litchi chinensis Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts., Acacia concurrens? Dunn, 1997, Victorian Ent. 27 (6), Acacia , Archidendron , Cajanus , Dalbergia , Macadamia , Litchi Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

  • P. d. dubiosa New Guinea, N.Australia - New South Wales (Coffs Harbour) Small Purple Line Blue

    • Prosotas dubiosa dubiosa; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97; [BAUR], 345; [BOR], 642 (name); [iNaturalist]
  • P. d. eborata Tite, 1963 Solomons

    • Prosotas dubiosa eborata Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96, pl. 2, f. 10-11; TL: Solomon Islands, N. side of Choiseul I.

    • Prosotas dubiosa eborata; [BAUR], 345 (text); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. d. indica (Evans, [1925]) Ceylon, India, Sikkim, Assam, Burma, ?Thailand, Yunnan

    • Nacaduba dubiosa indica Evans, [1925]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (3): 613; TL: Ceylon

    • Prosotas dubiosa indica; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96, f. 54; [BOR], 642; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]

    1173x1205 (~286Kb) ♀ underside Cambodia, SE suburbs of Koh Kong, trees at a pond, 21st July 2016, Photo © Oleg Kosterin

  • P. d. lumpura (Corbet, 1938) Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, ?Philippines, ?Sulawesi

    • Nacaduba dubiosa lumpura Corbet, 1938; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 87 (5): 141; TL: Malay Pen.

    • Prosotas dubiosa lumpura; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; [BOR], 642 (name); [BMP]: 257, pl. 37, f. 58-60; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
  • P. d. subardates (Piepers & Snellen, 1918) ?Java, Sulawesi, Sangihe, Talaud, Tanahjampea, Kalao

    • Lycaena ardates subardates Piepers & Snellen, 1918; Rhop. Java [4]: 43, pl. 21, f. 58; TL: Java
    • Prosotas hybrida Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4): 241, 239; TL: Java
      • = ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 238
    • Prosotas dubiosa roepkei Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4): 242, 239; TL: Java
      • = ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 238
    • Prosotas dubiosa celebica Toxopeus; (nom. nud.)
      • = ; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 238

    • Prosotas dubiosa subardates; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 96; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41: 238; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145; [CoL]
    • Prosotas dubiosa superdates[sic?]; [BOR], 642 (name)
• Prosotas lutea (Martin, 1895) -. See [maps]

  • Nacaduba lutea Martin, 1895; Einige Tagschmett. [1]: 1; TL: NE.Sumatra

  • Prosotas lutea; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. l. lutea Sumatra

    • Nacaduba nora lutea; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 117
    • Prosotas lutea lutea; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97; [BOR], 642 (name); [iNaturalist]
  • P. l. sivoka (Evans, 1910) Sikkim - Peninsular Malaya, S.Yunnan

    • Nacaduba sivoka Evans, 1910; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2): 427; TL: Teesta Valley, India

    • Prosotas lutea sivoka; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97; [BOR], 642; [BMP]: 257, pl. 37, f. 61-62; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
• Prosotas noreia (Felder, 1868) S.India, Madhya Pradesh, Mussoorie. See [maps] White-tipped Lineblue

  • Lycaena noreia Felder, 1868; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2): 282; TL: Ceylon

  • Nacaduba nora noreia; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 116
  • Nacaduba noreia; Druce, 1896, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (3): 656; [BIR], 298 (key)
  • Prosotas noreia; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 31; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. n. noreia Ceylon, ...

    • Prosotas noreia noreia; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97, f. 62; [BOR], 642; [iNaturalist]
  • P. n. hampsoni (de Nicéville, 1885) S.India

    • Nacaduba hampsoni de Nicéville, 1885; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 54 Pt.II (2): 118, pl. 2, f. 13; TL: Ootacamund
    • Lycaenesthes emolus topa Evans, 1912; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (3): 986; TL: Palni Hills
      • = Prosotas noreia hampsonii; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97

    • Nacaduba hampsoni; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 121
    • Prosotas noreia hampsoni; [Yutaka Inayoshi]
    • Prosotas noreia hampsonii; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97; [BOR], 642 (name); [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
  • P. n. cyclops Toxopeus, 1929 Java

    • Prosotas noreia cyclops Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4): 241; TL: Java

    • Prosotas noreia cyclops; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 97; [BOR], 642; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist]
• Prosotas felderi (Murray, 1874) S.Queensland - New South Wales (Wollongong). See [maps] Felder's Line Blue

  • Lycaena felderi Murray, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22 (4): 527; TL: Queensland

  • Nacaduba nora felderi; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 118
  • Prosotas felderi; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4): 93, f. 52; [BAUR], 344; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44: 30; Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.:; [CoL] ; [iNaturalist] ; [Don Herbison-Evans]

  Larva on Acacia , Alectryon [BAUR], Macadamia integrifolia, Acacia floribunda, A. granitica, A. leiocalyx, A. penninervis, A. podalyriifolia, A. sophorae, Alectryon coriaceus, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Litchi chinensis Dunn & Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts.

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