Prosotas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. The species of this genus are found on New Guinea in the Australasian realm and the Indomalayan realm. An overview is provided by Hsu and Yen.[1]
Species in alphabetical order:
Prosotas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. The species of this genus are found on New Guinea in the Australasian realm and the Indomalayan realm. An overview is provided by Hsu and Yen.
Species in alphabetical order:
Prosotas aluta (H. Druce, 1873) – banded lineblue Prosotas atra Tite, 1963 Prosotas bhutea (de Nicéville, [1884]) – Bhutya lineblue Prosotas datarica (Snellen, 1892) Prosotas dilata (Evans, 1932) Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) – small purple lineblue, tailess lineblue Prosotas ella Toxopeus, 1930 Prosotas elsa (Grose-Smith, 1895) Prosotas felderi (Murray, 1874) – Felder's line blue Prosotas gracilis (Röber, 1886) Prosotas lutea (Martin, 1895) Prosotas maputi (Semper, 1889) Prosotas nelides (de Nicéville, 1895) Prosotas nora (Felder, 1860) – common lineblue Prosotas noreia (Felder, 1868) – white-tipped lineblue Prosotas norina Toxopeus, 1929 Prosotas papuana Tite, 1963 Prosotas pia Toxopeus, 1929 – margined lineblue Prosotas talesea Tite, 1963
