Prosotas papuana

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Prosotas
Species: Prosotas papuana

Name

Prosotas papuana Tite, 1963.

Type locality: New Guinea, Hydrographer Mts.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Hydrographer Mts., Brit. N. G. 2,500ft., iv-v 1918 (Eichhorn bros.) B.M. Type No. Rh. 16588"; PT ♀, same data, B.M. Type No. Rh. 16588.

Synonymy

Prosotas papuana Tite, 1963: 93, pl.1, figs 14,15, text fig.51 (♂ genit.); Bridges, 1994:VIII.343, IX.109; Parsons, 1998: 436, pl. 68, figs 1940-1942.

References

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Urbana, Illinois. BHL. Reference page.
Tite, G. E., 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology 13(4): 67-116, 91 figs, 2.pls.Reference page.
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.

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