Prosotas gracilis

Prosotas gracilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Prosotas
Species:	P. gracilis
Binomial name
Prosotas gracilis (Röber, 1886)[1]
Synonyms
Plebeius gracilis Röber, 1886 Nacaduba gerydomaculata Rothschild, 1915 Prosotas gracilis bonthainica Toxopeus (nomen nudem) Lycaena donina Snellen, 1901 Nacaduba ni de Nicéville, 1902 Nacaduba basiatrata Strand, 1910 Nacaduba saturatior Rothschild, 1915

Prosotas gracilis is a butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It was described by Julius Röber in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

Subspecies

• Prosotas gracilis gracilis (Moluccas)
• Prosotas gracilis donina (Snellen, 1901) (Java)
• Prosotas gracilis ni (de Nicéville, 1902) (Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaysia)
• Prosotas gracilis saturatior (Rothschild, 1915) (Vulcan Island)

References

1. ↑ Röber, J., 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Austalischen Fauna. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. 1(3):45-72, 4 pls
2. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

External links

• Prosatas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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