Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Prosotas
Prosotas noreia (R. Felder, 1868) – White-tipped Lineblue
Subspecies in India:
(1) Prosotas noreia hampsonii (de Nicéville, 1885) – Indian White-tipped Lineblue
The subspecies hampsonii is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

- Photo Gallery
- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Albizia lebbeck (P. Churi pers. obs. 2017), Dalbergia lanceolaria (P. Churi 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.
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.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
The subspecies hampsonii is legally protected in India under Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Prosotas
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2021. Prosotas noreia (R. Felder, 1868) – White-tipped Lineblue. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.06. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/1029/Prosotas-noreia