Prosotas dilata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Prosotas
Species:
P. dilata
Binomial name
Prosotas dilata
(Evans, 1932)

Prosotas dilata[1] is a species of lineblue (genus Prosotas) belonging to the blue butterfly family (Lycaenidae). The butterfly is found on the Nicobar Islands of India. It is now considered as a subspecies of the common lineblue (Prosotas nora).[2]

See also

Cited references

  1. โ†‘ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Prosotas nora ssp. dilataโ€‹". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. โ†‘ "Prosotas Druce, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

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