Prosotas pia

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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Prosotas"
species = "P. pia"
binomial = "Prosotas pia"
binomial_authority = Toxopeus, 1929

"Prosotas pia"Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/prosotas/index.html| Page on "Prosotas" genus.] ] is a species of blue butterfly found in Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from in the Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam and Naga hills. The crange extends eastwards to Myanmar and southern Yunnan. It also occurs in Sundaland, Sulawesi and Serang in South East Asia.

Cited references

ee also

*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

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 [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/index.html] .
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.