Nacaduba

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Nacaduba
Nacaduba cyanea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera (unranked) Rhopalocera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Lycaenidae Subfamily: Polyommatinae Tribe: Polyommatini Genus: Nacaduba
Species
See text.

Nacadubais a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It contains many of the species commonly called "lineblues". Since they are the genus initially erected to contain all lineblues, they might be considered the "typical" lineblues, as opposed to the species relatives now separated in Catapyrops, Prosotas and Petrelea.

[edit] Selected species

• Nacaduba angusta - White Lineblue
• Nacaduba berenice - Rounded Six-line Blue
  • Nacaduba berenice leei Hsu, 1990
• Nacaduba beroe - Opaque Six-line Blue
  • Nacaduba beroe asakusa Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Nacaduba calauria - Dark Ceylon Six-line Blue
• Nacaduba helicon - Pointed Lineblue
• Nacaduba hermus - Pale Four-line Blue
• Nacaduba kurava - Transparent Six-line Blue
  • Nacaduba kurava therasia Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Nacaduba pactolus - Large Four-line Blue
  • Nacaduba pactolus hainani Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Nacaduba pavana - Small Four-line Blue
• Nacaduba sanaya