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Tail-less Line Blue

Prosotas dubiosa lumpura

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.

Habitat:

Garden of a swimming resort at a sub-urban neighborhood in Calamba 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.

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1 Comment

AgnesAdiqueTalavera
AgnesAdiqueTalavera 11 years ago

Thanks Nuwan for the faves :-)

Laguna, Philippines

Spotted on Apr 7, 2013
Submitted on Apr 18, 2013

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