Tail-less Line Blue

Description:

Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, 1879), the Tailless Line-blue, is a species of blue butterfly found in Asia. It is called the Small Purple Line Blue in Australia. Recorded hostplants: flowers of Litchi chinensis (Lychee/Litsiyas, Sapindaceae), Macadamia integrifolia (Proteaceae), Acacia (Papilionaceae).

Habitat:

Makiling Botanic Gardens, a forest park of the Mt. Makiling Center for Mountain Ecosystems (adjacent or within the UPLB-College of Forestry and Natural Resources), University of the Philippines at Los Baños, Laguna.

Notes:

Prosotas dubiosa subardates Piepers & Snellen, 1918 (Lycaenidae; Lycaeninae; Polyommatini) is the existing subspecies in the Philippines. Source: Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heintz G., 2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.