Prosotas gracilis

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

Prosotas gracilis or The Dark-based Lineblue is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Julius Röber in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[3]

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Prosotas gracilis gracilis (Moluccas)
Prosotas gracilis donina (Snellen, 1901) (Java)
Prosotas gracilis ni (de Nicéville, 1902) (Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaysia)^[2]
Prosotas gracilis saturatior (Rothschild, 1915) (Vulcan Island)

[1]
Röber, J., 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Austalischen Fauna. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift Iris. 1(3):45-72, 4 pls
[2]
de Nicéville, Lionel (24 May 1902). Phipson, H. M.; Millard, W. S. (eds.). "On new and little-known Butterflies, mostly from the Oriental region" (PDF). The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 14 (2): 247–248. ISSN 0006-6982. OCLC 863086885. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
[3]
Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

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