Prosotas dubiosa

Tailless Lineblue
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	in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Prosotas
Species:	P. dubiosa
Binomial name
	Prosotas dubiosa; (Semper, 1879)

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The Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa)^[1]^[2] is a species of blue butterfly found in Asia. It is called the Small Purple Line Blue in Australia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and peninsular India and Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam. The range extends onto Myanmar and Yunnan, and, possibly Thailand. Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. Possibly Philippines and Sulawesi. Further East the butterfly occurs in Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon islands. In Australia the butterfly occurs from Northern Australia to New South Wales (Coffs Harbour).^[2]

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Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa indica) in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8486.jpg

in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa indica) in Talakona forest, AP W IMG 8431.jpg

in Talakona forest, in Chittoor District of Andhra Pradesh, India.
Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa indica) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9094.jpg

in Hyderabad, India.
Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa indica) in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 0375.jpg

in Hyderabad, India.
Tailless Lineblue (Prosotas dubiosa indica) in Narshapur, AP W IMG 1069.jpg

in Narsapur, Medak district, India.

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