Prosotas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891. The species of this genus are found on New Guinea in the Australasian realm and the Indomalayan realm. An overview is provided by Hsu and Yen.Hsu, Yu-Feng & Yen, Shen-Horn (2006). "Immature Biology of Prosotas Reveals an Ovipositing Strategy Unusual in Polyommatine Lycaenids (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae), with a Description of a New Subspecies of P. dubiosa from Taiwan". Zoological Studies. 45 (3): 308-321.
Species Species in alphabetical order: Prosotas aluta (H. Druce, 1873) – banded lineblue Prosotas atra (Tite, 1963) New Britain° Prosotas bhutea (de Nicéville, ) – Bhutya lineblue Prosotas datarica (Snellen, 1892) Indonesia, Java. Prosotas dilata (Evans, 1932) Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, ) – small purple lineblue, tailess lineblue Prosotas ella (Toxopeus, 1930) Sulawesi Prosotas elsa (Grose-Smith, 1895) Indonesia, Moluccas, Ambon Prosotas felderi (Murray, 1874) – Felder's line blue Queensland Prosotas gracilis (Röber, 1886) Prosotas lutea (Martin, 1895) Prosotas maputi (Semper, 1889) Philippines Prosotas nelides (de Nicéville, 1895) Indonesia, Sumatra Prosotas nora (Felder, 1860) – common lineblue Prosotas noreia (Felder, 1868) – white-tipped lineblue Prosotas norina (Toxopeus, 1929) Indonesia, Java Prosotas papuana (Tite, 1963) New Guinea, Hydrographer Mountains Prosotas pia (Toxopeus, 1929) – margined lineblue Prosotas talesea (Tite, 1963) New Britain
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Further reading French Wikipedia has more information about this genus at :fr:Prosotas