Prosotas

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Polyommatinae

Prosotas Druce, 1891: Prosotas Druce, 1891; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 (3) : 366, TS: Prosotas caliginosa Druce
Prosotas ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 88
Prosotas (Polyommatini) ; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 29; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 144

759x732 (~68Kb) underside Thailand, Chantaburi Province, Khao-Khitchakut National Park, a sandy bank of a rivulet among the tropical forest above the Krating falls. 5th January 2006, Photo © Oleg Kosterin	512x341 (~45Kb) upperside India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar	512x341 (~45Kb) underside India: Ziro, 9.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar
600x400 (~64Kb) upperside India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar	600x400 (~38Kb) underside India: Arunachal Pradesh, Taley Valley WLS, 11.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

The exact identification of these species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

Prosotas aluta (Druce, 1873)

Kumaon - Burma, Malaya, Sumatra - Philippines. See [About maps] Banded Lineblue
Cupido aluta Druce, 1873; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2) : 349, pl. 32, f. 8, TL: Borneo
Nacaduba aluta ; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 578; Druce, 1896, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (3) : 656; Butler, 1900, in Andrews, Mon. Christmas Isl. : 63; [BIR, 298 (key)]; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 36]
Prosotas aluta ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 30; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 144

Larva on Dalbergia Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 144

P. a. aluta

Borneo Prosotas aluta aluta ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90; [BOR, 641 (name)]

P. a. coelestis (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887])

Andamans, India, Assam, ?Ceylon, S.Yunnan Nacaduba coelestis Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt.II (4) : 366, pl. 17, f. 11, TL: Andamans
Prosotas aluta coelestis, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Nacaduba aluta coelestis ; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119
Prosotas aluta coelestis ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90, f. 46
Prosotas aluta coelistis[sic?] ; [BOR, 641]

P. a. nanda (de Nicéville, 1895)

NE.Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, ?S.Thailand Nacaduba nanda de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 34, pl. S, f. 23, TL: NE.Sumatra
Prosotas aluta nanda, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Nacaduba aluta nanda ; Fruhstorfer, 1916, Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119
Prosotas aluta nanda ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90; [BOR, 641 (mame)]; [BMP: 258, pl. 37, f. 48-49]

P. a. lessina (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

Nias Nacaduba aluta lessina Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119, TL: Nias
Prosotas aluta lessina ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90; [BOR, 641 (name)]

P. a. philiata (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

Philippines Nacaduba aluta philiata Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 119, TL: Philippines
Prosotas aluta philiata ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90; [BOR, 641 (name)]

P. a. alutina (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

N.Sulawesi, Banggai Nacaduba aluta alutina Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 120, TL: N.Celebes
Prosotas aluta alutina ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90; [BOR, 641 (name)]; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 237; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 144

Prosotas nora (Felder, 1860)

AU, Ceylon, Burma. See [About maps] Common Lineblue
Lycaena nora Felder, 1860; Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 458, TL: Amboina
Prosotas nora nora, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prosotas nora, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Nacaduba nora ; de Nicéville, [1884], J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 73, pl. 1, f. 14; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 392; [BIR, 298 (key)]; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 43]
Prosotas nora ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90; [MRS, 671]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 30; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

Larva on Acacia caesia [BIR], Acacia, Mimosa, Pithecellobium, Allophylus Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

P. n. nora

Aru, Kai, Ambon, Serang, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, S.India - Burma, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam Prosotas nora nora ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92; [BOR, 641 (name)]; [BAUR, 343]; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 237; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

P. n. ardates (Moore, [1875])

Ceylon, India, Yunnan Lycaena ardates Moore, [1875]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 574, pl. 67, f. 1, TL: Parl; Pooneh, Cashmere
Nacaduba kodi Evans, 1910; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2) : 387, TL: Palni Hills

= ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90

Nacaduba ardates ; Moore, [1881], Lepid. Ceylon 1 (3): 90, pl. 38, f. 2, 2a; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 578
Prosotas nora ardates ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90, f. 48, 53; [BOR, 641]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note)

P. n. kupu (Kheil, 1884)

Nias Plebeius kupu Kheil, 1884; Die Rhopalocera der Insel Nias: 29, pl. 5, f. 34, TL: Nias
Prosotas nora kupu ; [BOR, 641 (name)]

P. n. caliginosa Druce, 1891

Fergusson I., Malaita, Alu Prosotas caliginosa Druce, 1891; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 (3) : 366, pl. 31, f. 15, TL: Alu I.
Prosotas caliginosa ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 395; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97, f. 63; [BAUR, 345]
Prosotas nora caliginosa ; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 30

P. n. auletes (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914)

Torres Strait Is., Cape York - Atherton Tablelands Nora Line Blue
Nacaduba nora auletes Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914; Butts Australia: 98, f. 353-355, TL: Cape York
Prosotas nora auletes ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92; [BAUR, 343 (text)]

P. n. formosana (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

Taiwan Nacaduba nora formosana Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 116, TL: Formosa
Prosotas nora formosana ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92; [BOR, 641 (name)]; [MRS, 671]

Larva on Acacia caesia [MRS]

P. n. superdates (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

Sundaland, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Palawan Nacaduba nora donina f. superdates Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 117, TL: Java
Prosotas nora superdates, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prosotas nora superdates ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92; [BOR, 641 (name)]; [BMP: 257, pl. 37, f. 52-54]

P. n. meraha (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

Enggano Nacaduba nora meraha Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 117, TL: Engano
Prosotas nora meraha ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92; [BOR, 641 (name)]

P. n. semperi (Fruhstorfer, 1916)

Philippines Nacaduba nora semperi Fruhstorfer, 1916; Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 116, TL: S.Philippines
Prosotas nora semperi ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92; [BOR, 641 (name)]

P. n. fulva (Evans, [1925])

Andamans Nacaduba dubiosa fulva Evans, [1925]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (3): 613, TL: Andamans
Prosotas nora fulva ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92; [BOR, 641 (name)]

P. n. dilata (Evans, 1932)

Nicobars Nacaduba nora dilata Evans, 1932; Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): 243, TL: Nicobars
Prosotas nora dilata ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92; [BOR, 641 (name)]

Prosotas pia Toxopeus, 1929

-. See [About maps] Margined Lineblue
Prosotas pia Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 239, 241, TL: W. Java
Prosotas pia ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 94; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

P. p. pia

Sundaland Prosotas pia pia ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 94, f. 55, pl. 1, f. 18, pl. 2, f. 9; [BMP: 257, pl. 37, f. 55-57]; [BOR, 641 (name)]

P. p. elioti Tite, 1963

Sulawesi Prosotas pia elioti Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 94, TL: S.Celebes, Malino, 3000ft
Prosotas pia elioti ; [BOR, 641]; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 237; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

P. p. ceramensis Tite, 1963

Ceram Prosotas pia ceramensis Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 94, TL: Ceram
Prosotas pia ceramensis Tite; [BAUR, 344 (text)]

Misidentified/misapplied:: Prosotas parrhasius (nora) rothschildi; Toxopeus, 1930, De soorte .. Plaats. en Tijd.: 100 (missid.)

P. p. marginata Tite, 1963

Sikkim, Assam, Burma, S.Yunnan Prosotas pia marginata Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 94, pl. 1, f. 16-17, TL: Assam, Naga Hills
Prosotas pia marginata, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prosotas pia marginata ; [BOR, 641 (name)]

Prosotas atra Tite, 1963

Ceram, West Irian - Papua, New Britain. See [About maps] Prosotas atra Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 92, TL: New Britain, Talesea
Prosotas atra ; [BAUR, 344]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 30

Prosotas talesea Tite, 1963

New Britain. See [About maps] Prosotas talesea Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 93, f. 50, pl. 1, f. 12-13, TL: New Britain, Talesea
Prosotas talasea[sic?] ; [BAUR, 344 (text)]
Prosotas talesea ; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 30

Prosotas papuana Tite, 1963

West Irian - Papua. See [About maps] Prosotas papuana Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 93, f. 51, pl. 1, f. 14-15, TL: British New Guinea, Hydrographer Mts, 2500ft
Prosotas papuana ; [BAUR, 344]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 30

Prosotas gracilis (Röber, 1886)

-. See [About maps] Plebeius gracilis Röber, 1886; Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 67, pl. 5, f. 1, TL: Ceram
Prosotas gracilis ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

P. g. gracilis

Moluccas Nacaduba gerydomaculata Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 139, TL: Manusela, Central Ceram, 650m

= ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 238; Takanami, 1992, Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 49

Prosotas gracilis bonthainica Toxopeus; (nom. nud.)

= ; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 238

Prosotas gracilis gracilis ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; [BOR, 642 (name)]; [BAUR, 344]; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 238
Prototas gracilis gracilis ; Takanami, 1992, Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 49
Prosotas gracilis gracilis ; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

P. g. donina (Snellen, 1901)

Java Lycaena donina Snellen, 1901; Tijdschr. Ent. 43 : 262, TL: W.Java
Prosotas gracilis donina ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; [BOR, 642 (name)]

P. g. ni (de Nicéville, 1902)

NE.Sumatra Nacaduba ni de Nicéville, 1902; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (2): 247, pl. FF, f. 8, TL: NE.Sumatra; W.Java
Nacaduba basiatrata Strand, 1910; Int. Ent. Z. 4 (18): 203, TL: Sumatra

= ?; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96

Prosotas gracilis ni, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prosotas gracilis ni ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96, f. 59; [BMP: 257, pl. 37, f. 46-47]

P. g. saturatior (Rothschild, 1915)

Vulcan I. Nacaduba saturatior Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 393, TL: Vulcan Island
Prosotas gracilis saturatior ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; [BAUR, 344]

?P. g. pia de Nicéville²

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, ?Borneo ?Prosotas gracilis pia ; [BOR, 642]

Prosotas elsa (Grose-Smith, 1895)

Ambon Nacaduba elsa Grose-Smith, 1895; Novit. Zool. 2 (4): 509, TL: Amboina

= ?Prosotas maputi ;

Prosotas elsa ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96, f. 60-61; [BAUR, 344]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31

Prosotas maputi (Semper, 1889)

Philippines (Mindanao). See [About maps] Chilades maputi Semper, 1889; Reisen Philipp. (4): 170, pl. 32, f. 26, TL: E.Mindanao
Nacaduba berenice maputi ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 78; Bridges, 1988, Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: 212; [BOR, 640 (name)]
Prosotas maputi ; Takanami, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 (2): 75, f. 19-20, 25; Treadaway, 1995, Nachr. Ent. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 14: 69; Schröder, 2008, Futao (54): 16, pl. 2, f. 25-26

Prosotas nelides (de Nicéville, 1895)

Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, ?Borneo. See [About maps] Nacaduba nelides de Nicéville, 1895; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 280, pl. O, f. 24, TL: NE.Sumatra; W.Java
Prosotas nelides ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 90, f. 47; [BOR, 642]; [BMP: 257, pl. 37, f. 43-45]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 30

Prosotas ella Toxopeus, 1930

Sulawesi. See [About maps] Prosotas ella Toxopeus, 1930; De soorte .. Plaats. en Tijd.: 188, TL: Palu, Centr. Celebes
Prosotas ella ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 95, f. 56; [BOR, 642]; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 238; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31

Prosotas bhutea (de Nicéville, [1884])

Sikkim - Assam, Karens, Yunnan. See [About maps] Bhutya Lineblue
Nacaduba bhutea de Nicéville, [1884]; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 72, pl. 1, f. 13 ♂, TL: Sikkim
Prosotas bhutea bhutea, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Nacaduba bhutea ; Druce, 1895, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 578; [BIR, 298(key)]
Prosotas bhutea ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 95, f. 57; [BOR, 642]; [BMP: 257, pl. 37, f. 50-51]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note)

Prosotas datarica (Snellen, 1892)

Java. See [About maps] Lycaena datarica Snellen, 1892; Tijdschr. Ent. 35 (3/4) : 140, TL: Java
Lycaena datarica ; Piepers & Snellen, 1918, Rhop. Java [4] : 42, pl. 21, f. 57a-b
Prosotas datarica ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 95, f. 58; [BOR, 642]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31

Prosotas norina Toxopeus, 1929

Java. See [About maps] Prosotas norina Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 239, TL: Java
Prosotas norina ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 95; [BOR, 642 (name)]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31

Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879])

AU, Ceylon, India, Burma. See [About maps] Small Purple Lineblue Tailess Lineblue
Lampides dubiosa Semper, [1879]; J. Mus. Godeffroy 5 (14) : 159, no. 66, TL: N.Australia
?Plebeius dubiosa Semper, [1879]
Lycaena conjungens Lucas, 1889
Lycaena mackayensis Miskin, 1890; Proc. linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 5 (1) : 35, TL: Mackay

= Prosotas felderi ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 93

Prosotas dubiosa, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Nacaduba dubiosa ; Rothschild, 1915, Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 392; [BIR, 298 (key)]; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 43 (text)]
Prosotas dubiosa ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

Larva on Acacia concurrens? Dunn, 1997, Victorian Ent. 27 (6): (114-118), Macadamia integrifolia, Acacia leiocalyx, Litchi chinensis K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140), Acacia, Archidendron, Cajanus, Dalbergia, Macadamia, Litchi Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145

P. d. dubiosa

New Guinea, N.Australia - New South Wales (Coffs Harbour) Small Purple Line Blue
Prosotas dubiosa dubiosa ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97; [BAUR, 345]; [BOR, 642 (name)]

P. d. eborata Tite, 1963

Solomons Prosotas dubiosa eborata Tite, 1963; Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96, pl. 2, f. 10-11, TL: Solomon Islands, N. side of Choiseul I.
Prosotas dubiosa eborata ; [BAUR, 345 (text)]

P. d. indica (Evans, [1925])

Ceylon, India, Sikkim, Assam, Burma, ?Thailand, Yunnan Nacaduba dubiosa indica Evans, [1925]; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (3): 613, TL: Ceylon
Prosotas dubiosa indica, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prosotas dubiosa indica ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96, f. 54; [BOR, 642]; Huang, 2003, Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 104 (note)

P. d. lumpura (Corbet, 1938)

Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo, ?Philippines, ?Sulawesi Nacaduba dubiosa lumpura Corbet, 1938; Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 87 (5): 141, TL: Malay Pen.
Prosotas dubiosa lumpura, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prosotas dubiosa lumpura ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; [BOR, 642 (name)]; [BMP: 257, pl. 37, f. 58-60]

P. d. subardates (Piepers & Snellen, 1918)

?Java, Sulawesi, Sangihe, Talaud, Tanahjampea, Kalao Lycaena ardates subardates Piepers & Snellen, 1918; Rhop. Java [4] : 43, pl. 21, f. 58, TL: Java
Prosotas hybrida Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 241 [?239], TL: Java

= ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 238

Prosotas dubiosa roepkei Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 242 [?239], TL: Java

= ; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 238; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96

Prosotas dubiosa celebica Toxopeus; (nom. nud.)

= ; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 238

Prosotas dubiosa subardates ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 96; Cassidy, 1990, Tyô to Ga 41 : 238; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 145
Prosotas dubiosa superdates[sic?] ; [BOR, 642 (name)]

Prosotas lutea (Martin, 1895)

-. See [About maps] Nacaduba lutea Martin, 1895; Einige neue Tagschmetterlinge von Nordost Sumatra [1]: 1, TL: NE.Sumatra
Prosotas lutea ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31

P. l. lutea

Sumatra Prosotas lutea lutea ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97; [BOR, 642 (name)]

P. l. sivoka (Evans, 1910)

Sikkim - Peninsular Malaya, S.Yunnan Nacaduba sivoka Evans, 1910; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2) : 427, TL: Teesta Valley, India
Prosotas lutea sivoka, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prosotas lutea sivoka ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97; [BOR, 642]; [BMP: 257, pl. 37, f. 61-62]

Prosotas noreia (Felder, 1868)

S.India, Madhya Pradesh, Mussoorie. See [About maps] White-tipped Lineblue
Lycaena noreia Felder, 1868; Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2) : 282, TL: Ceylon
Nacaduba noreia ; Druce, 1896, Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (3) : 656; [BIR, 298 (key)]
Prosotas noreia ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 31

P. n. noreia

Ceylon, ... Prosotas noreia noreia ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97, f. 62; [BOR, 642]

P. n. hampsoni (de Nicéville, 1885)

S.India Nacaduba hampsoni de Nicéville, 1885; J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 54 Pt.II (2) : 118, pl. 2, f. 13, TL: Ootacamund
Lycaenesthes emolus topa Evans, 1912; J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (3): 986, TL: Palni Hills

= Prosotas noreia hampsonii ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97

Prosotas noreia hampsoni, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
Prosotas noreia hampsonii ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97; [BOR, 642 (name)]

P. n. cyclops Toxopeus, 1929

Java Prosotas noreia cyclops Toxopeus, 1929; Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 241, TL: Java
Prosotas noreia cyclops ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 97; [BOR, 642]

Prosotas felderi (Murray, 1874)

S.Queensland - New South Wales (Wollongong). See [About maps] Felder's Line Blue
Lycaena felderi Murray, 1874; Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22 (4) : 527, TL: Queensland
Prosotas felderi, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]
Prosotas felderi ; Tite, 1963, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 93, f. 52; [BAUR, 344]; Hirowatari, 1992, Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 30

Larva on Acacia, Alectryon [BAUR], Macadamia integrifolia, Acacia floribunda, A. granitica, A. leiocalyx, A. penninervis, A. podalyriifolia, A. sophorae, Alectryon coriaceus, Cupaniopsis anacardioides, Litchi chinensis K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

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References:

[About maps]: Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAUR]: D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[BHL]: The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BIR]: Wynter-Blyth, 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BMP]: Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
[BOR]: D'Abrera, 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
[BOW]: Lewis, 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[CiNii]: http://ci.nii.ac.jp/
[Don Herbison-Evans]: and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[Kedar Tokekar]: India
[LAMAS-2005]: Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[MRS]: Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[NCB]: Netherlands Centre for Biodiversity Naturalis; NCB naturalis
[Oleg Kosterin]: Institue of Cytology & Genetics; Siberian Division of Russian Academy of Sciences; Novosibirsk; e-mail: Oleg Kosterin; http://pisum.bionet.nsc.ru/kosterin/
[Yutaka Inayoshi]: A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM
[²]: This may require parentheses or not. I don't have the necessary information for this taxon.

Some related literature:

Butler in Andrews, 1900: A Monograph of Christmas Island (Indian Ocean): Physical Features and Geology Mon. Christmas Isl. : 1-337, pl. 1-21,2bis
Bridges, 1988: Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Cat. Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: 1-811
Cassidy, 1990: On Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Sulawesi Region Tyô to Ga 41 : 227-241
Corbet, 1938: A Revision of the Malayan species of the Nacaduba group of Genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 87 (5): 125-146, 26 figs, pl. 1
de Nicéville, [1884]: On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 52 Pt.II (2/4) : 65-91, pl. 1, 9-10
de Nicéville, 1885: Descriptions of some new Indian Rhopalocera J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 54 Pt.II (2) : 117-124, pl. 2
de Nicéville, 1895: On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9 (3): 259-321, pl. N-Q, (4): 366-410
de Nicéville, 1895: On new and little-known Butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10 (1): 13-40, (2): 169-194
de Nicéville, 1902: On new and little-known Butteflies, mostly from the Oriental Region. I-II J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14 (2): 236-251, pl. FF, (3): 450-457
Druce, 1873: A list of the Collections of diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo, with Descriptions of new Species Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1873 (2) : 337-361, pl. 32-33
Druce, 1891: On the Lycaenidae of the Solomon Islands Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1891 (3) : 357-373, pl. 31-32
Druce, 1895: A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1895 (3) : 556-627, pl. 31-34
Druce, 1896: Further Contributions to our Knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1896 (3) : 650-683, pl. 29-31
Dunn, 1997: Biological notes on some eastern Australian butterflies. Part II Victorian Ent. 27 (6): 114-118
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991: Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Evans, 1910: A List of the Butterflies of the Palni Hills with the descriptions of two new species J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2) : 380-391
Evans, 1910: Additions and Corrections to certain local Butterfly Lists, with the Description of a new Species J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 20 (2) : 423-427
Evans, 1912: A list of Indian butterflies J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 21 (2): 553-584, (3): 969-1008
Evans, [1925]: The identification of Indian Butterflies (5-8) J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 30 (1): 72-96, (2): 322-351, pl. 26-27, (3): 610-639, pl. 28, (4): 726-776, pl. 29
Evans, 1932: The Identification of Indian Butterflies (edn. 2) Indian Butterflies (edn. 2): x + 454pp, 9 figs, 32 pls
Felder, 1860: Lepidopterorum Amboienensium species novae diagnosibus Sber. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40 (11): 448-462
Felder, 1868: Diagnose neuer von E. Baron v. Ransonnet in Vorder-Indien gesammelter Lepidopteren Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien 18 (1-2) : 281-286
Fruhstorfer, 1916: Revision der Gattung Nacaduba auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane Zool. Meded. 2 (14): 103-140, pl. 4-5 (30 August)
Grose-Smith, 1895: Descriptions of new species of butterflies, captured by Mr. Doherty in the islands of the Eastern Archipelago, and now in the Museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild at Tring Novit. Zool. 2 (2): 75-85, (4): 505-514
Hirowatari, 1992: A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 1-102
Huang, 2003: A list of butterflies collected from Nujiang (Lou Tse Kiang) and Dulongiang, China with descriptions of new species, and revisional notes Neue Ent. Nachr. 55: 3-114
Miskin, 1890: Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera), principally Lycaenidae Proc. linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 5 (1) : 29-43
Moore, [1875]: Descriptions of new Asiatic Lepidoptera Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1874 (4) : 565-579, pl. 66-67
Moore, [1881]: The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18 (Dec 1880), (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36 (Jan 1881), (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54 (Jun 1881), (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71 (Dec 1881)
Murray, 1874: Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 22 (4) : 523-529, pl. 10
Piepers & Snellen, 1918: The Rhopalocera of Java. Ercinidae, Lycaenidae Rhop. Java [4] : 1-114, pl. 19-27
Rothschild, 1915: On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402
Rothschild, 1915: On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram (Seran), Buru, Bali, and Misol Novit. Zool. 22 (1): 105-144, (2): 209-227
Röber, 1886: Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Australischen Fauna Corr.-Bl. Ent. Ver. Iris 1 (3) : 45-72, pl. 2-5
Schröder, 2008: On the female of Prosotas maputi (Semper, 1889) from the Philippines (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) Futao (54): 16-17
Semper, [1879]: Beitrag zur Rhopalocerenfauna von Australien J. Mus. Godeffroy 5 (14) : 138-194, pl. 8-9
Semper, 1889: Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln. Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen Reisen Philipp. (1): 1-46, pl. 1-8, A (1886), (2): 47-86, pl. 9-16 (1887), (3): 87-134, pl. 17-24 (1888), (4): 135-174, pl. 25-32 (1889), (5): 175-238, pl. 33-38, B (1890), (6): 239-270, pl. 39-46 (1891), (7): 271-380, pl. 47-49 [iv] (1892)
Snellen, 1892: Beschrijving van eenige nieuwe Javaansche Dagvlinders Tijdschr. Ent. 35 (3/4) : 133-147
Snellen, 1901: Lycaena donina nova spec. Tijdschr. Ent. 43 : 262-264
Strand, 1910: Zwei gattungnovitäten exotischer Heterocera Int. Ent. Z. 4 (18): 98-99
Takanami, 1990: Miscellaneous notes on Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from South-east Asia (I) Tyô to Ga 41 (2): 67-78
Takanami, 1992: On some type specimens of Nacaduba and Prosotas (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) preserved in Staatliches Museum fur Tierkunde, Dresden Tyô to Ga 43 (1): 47-52
Tite, 1963: A Synonymic List of the Genus Nacaduba and allied Genera Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. 13 (4) : 67-116, pl. 1-2
Toxopeus, 1929: De Riodinidae en Lycaenidae van het eiland Java.(Lycaenidae Australasiae VI) Tijdschr. Ent. 72 (3/4) : 215-244
Toxopeus, 1930: De soorte als functie van plaats en tidj... xii De soorte .. Plaats. en Tijd.: 198pp, 4pls, 17fgs
Treadaway, 1995: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera) Nachr. Ent. Ver. Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7-188
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16
Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: The Butterflies of Australia, a Monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera, introducing ... Butts Australia: 239pp, 42 pls
Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, [1887]: List of the Lepidopterous Insects collected in Cachar by Mr. J. Wood-Mason, part ii J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 55 Pt.II (4) : 343-393, pl. 15-18

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