Prosotas lutea
| Prosotas lutea | |
|---|---|
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| Prosotas lutea Male on left.Underside of female on right. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Prosotas |
| Species: | P. lutea |
| Binomial name | |
| Prosotas lutea (Martin, 1895) | |
Prosotas lutea[1] is a species of blue butterfly found in Asia.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India from in the Himalayas from Sikkim onto Peninsular Malaysia and Sumatra towards the South and southern Yunnan to the East. [1]
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Prosotas genus.
See also
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
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.