Prosotas dilata

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Prosotas dilata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Prosotas Species: T. dilata
Binomial name
Prosotas dilata ((Evans, 1932))

Prosotas dilata ^[1]is a species of Lineblue (genus Prosotas) belonging to the blue butterfly family. The butterfly is found in the Nicobar islands of India. It is now considered as a subspecies of the Common Lineblue Prosotas nora^[2].

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ Card for Prosotas dilata in LepIndex. Accessed 31 December 2006.
2. ^ Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Prosotas genus.

[edit] See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

[edit] References

• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 14 October 2006].
• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.