Purple Line Blue - Prosotas dubiosa
FAMILY LYCAENIDAE
This page contains information and pictures about Purple Line Blue Butterflies in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. They are also known as Small Purple Line Blues.
- Wingspan 20mm, male
- This is a small Line-blue butterfly. It looks similar to the Short-tailed Line-blue but has no "tails".
- In later summer March 2008, we found females laying eggs on Wattle Acacia in Mt Coot-tha. There were quite a number of them there.
- Female
- Picture taken in Botanic Garden, early summer 2002.
- Caterpillars feed on flowers and flower buds of many native plants include Acacia. Caterpillars are not attended by ants.
- Reference:
- 1. Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, [1879]) - Australian Caterpillars, Don Herbison-Evans & Stella Crossley, 2005.
- 2. The Complete Field Guide to Butterflies of Australia - Michael F Braby, Australian National University, CSIRO 2004, p276.
