''Prosotas'' is a
genus
Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...
of
butterflies
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in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...
erected by
Hamilton Herbert Druce
Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (26 October 1866 – 21 June 1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Dr ...
in 1891. The species of this genus are found on
New Guinea
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in the
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is one of eight biogeographic realms that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua Ne ...
and the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
. An overview is provided by Hsu and Yen.
[Hsu, Yu-Feng & Yen, Shen-Horn (2006). "Immature Biology of ''Prosotas'' Reveals an Ovipositing Strategy Unusual in Polyommatine Lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae), with a Description of a New Subspecies of ''P. dubiosa'' from Taiwan". ''Zoological Studies''. 45 (3): 308-321.]
Species
Species in alphabetical order:
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Prosotas aluta''
(H. Druce, 1873) – banded lineblue
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Prosotas atra''
(Tite, 1963)
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Prosotas bhutea''
(de Nicéville, 884
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Year 884 ( DCCCLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and repopulates (''repoblación'') Burgos a ...
– Bhutya lineblue
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Prosotas datarica''
(Snellen, 1892)
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Prosotas dilata''
(Evans, 1932)
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Prosotas dubiosa''
(Semper, 879
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Year 879 ( DCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* April 10 – King Louis the Stammerer dies at Compiègne, after a reign of 18 months. He is succeeded by hi ...
– small purple lineblue, tailess lineblue
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Prosotas ella''
(Toxopeus, 1930)
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Prosotas elsa''
(Grose-Smith, 1895)
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Prosotas felderi''
(Murray, 1874) – Felder's line blue
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Prosotas gracilis''
(Röber, 1886)
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Prosotas lutea''
(Martin, 1895)
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Prosotas maputi''
(Semper, 1889)
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Prosotas nelides''
(de Nicéville, 1895)
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Prosotas nora''
(Felder, 1860) – common lineblue
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Prosotas noreia''
(Felder, 1868) – white-tipped lineblue
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Prosotas norina''
(Toxopeus, 1929)
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Prosotas papuana''
(Tite, 1963)
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Prosotas pia''
(Toxopeus, 1929) – margined lineblue
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Prosotas talesea''
(Tite, 1963)
References
External links
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Further reading
*French Wikipedia has more information about this genus at
:fr:Prosotas
Lycaenidae genera
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