
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
State | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | No date |
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Andaman and Nicobar Islands UT | |||||||||||||
Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||
Assam | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
Bihar | |||||||||||||
Chandigarh | |||||||||||||
Chhattisgarh | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||||
Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT | |||||||||||||
Daman & Diu UT | |||||||||||||
Delhi | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Goa | |||||||||||||
Gujarat | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
Haryana | |||||||||||||
Himachal Pradesh | |||||||||||||
Jammu and Kashmir UT | 1 | ||||||||||||
Jharkhand | |||||||||||||
Karnataka | 7 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 3 | |
Kerala | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |||
Ladakh UT | |||||||||||||
Lakshadweep | |||||||||||||
Madhya Pradesh | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
Maharashtra | 38 | 51 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 18 | 13 | 17 | |
Manipur | 1 | ||||||||||||
Meghalaya | 2 | 1 | |||||||||||
Mizoram | 1 | ||||||||||||
Nagaland | |||||||||||||
Odisha | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Puducherry UT | |||||||||||||
Punjab | |||||||||||||
Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
Sikkim | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||
Tamil Nadu | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
Tripura | |||||||||||||
Uttar Pradesh | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
Uttarakhand | |||||||||||||
West Bengal | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
Total | 49 | 70 | 48 | 31 | 17 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 37 | 48 | 26 | 35 |
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.
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 2023/12/06.