Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) - Tailless Lineblue

Subspecies in India

(1) Prosotas dubiosa indica (Evans, [1925]) – Indian Tailless Lineblue

Conservation and Special status

This species is not legally protected in India under any schedules of WildLife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

StateJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecNo date
Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT
Andhra Pradesh111111
Arunachal Pradesh2211
Assam1321412
Bihar
Chandigarh
Chhattisgarh143144354
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi11
Goa
Gujarat2131
Haryana
Himachal Pradesh
Jammu and Kashmir UT1
Jharkhand
Karnataka710231161964101313
Kerala3411111141
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh14114
Maharashtra385114313498181317
Manipur1
Meghalaya21
Mizoram1
Nagaland
Odisha111
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim211
Tamil Nadu1213341
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh11
Uttarakhand
West Bengal143111
Total497048311730171837482635
Mallotus philippensis (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017) (Euphorbiaceae). Acacia (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Acacia caesia (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Acacia torta (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Leucaena leucocephala (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Lysiloma latisiliquum (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Mimosa invisa (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017), Mimosa pudica (Wynter-Blyth 1957), Pithecellobium dulce (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Fabaceae).

Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.

For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.

 

Page citation

Anonymous 2023. Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) – Tailless Lineblue. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/prosotas-dubiosa, accessed 2023/12/05.