Butterfly: Prosotas dubiosa asbolodes 密紋波灰蝶

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Prosotas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found on New Guinea in the Australasian realm and the Indomalayan realm. The appearance characteristics of the Prosotas dubiosa asbolodes are similar to that of the Prosotas nora formosana. The sinuous bands on the hindwings of the Prosotas dubiosa asbolodes are wider, so the bands appear denser. With male and female dimorphism. It lasts for more than one generation a year and often appears in wastelands, forest edges, valleys, grasslands and other environments. Since some host plants are horticultural plants, it may also appear in urban environments. Agile flight. Adult butterflies often move on the treetops and like to visit flowers. Male butterflies have the habit of absorbing water in wetlands. Host plants in the Fabaceae family include Pithecellobium dulce, Acacia farnesiana, Acacia confusa, Falcataria falcata, Albizia lebbeck, Calliandra surinamensis, Samanea saman, etc.
波灰蝶屬是灰蝶科中的一個屬。分佈在澳大利亞界的新幾內亞及東洋界。密紋波灰蝶與波灰蝶外型特徵類似,密紋波灰蝶後翅腹面波狀紋列較寬,以致翅腹班紋看起來較密。具雌雄二型性。一年多世代,多出現於荒地、林緣、溪谷、草原等環境,且因部分寄主植物為園藝植物,所以都市環境亦有機會出現。飛行活潑靈活。成蝶常於樹冠上活動,好訪花,雄蝶有溼地吸水習性。寄主植物包括了豆科之金龜樹、金合歡、相思樹、摩鹿加合歡、大葉合歡、蘇利南合歡、雨豆樹等。

Photo Date: 2024.06.04 Location: 淡水 Tamsui, Taiwan

Notes 筆記

  • Prosotas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found on New Guinea in the Australasian realm and the Indomalayan realm. The appearance characteristics of the Prosotas dubiosa asbolodes are similar to that of the Prosotas nora formosana. The sinuous bands on the hindwings of the Prosotas dubiosa asbolodes are wider, so the bands appear denser.
  • With male and female dimorphism. It lasts for more than one generation a year and often appears in wastelands, forest edges, valleys, grasslands and other environments. Since some host plants are horticultural plants, it may also appear in urban environments. Agile flight. Adult butterflies often move on the treetops and like to visit flowers. Male butterflies have the habit of absorbing water in wetlands.
  • Host plants in the Fabaceae family include Pithecellobium dulce, Acacia farnesiana, Acacia confusa, Falcataria falcata, Albizia lebbeck, Calliandra surinamensis, Samanea saman, etc.
  • 波灰蝶屬是灰蝶科中的一個屬。分佈在澳大利亞界的新幾內亞及東洋界。密紋波灰蝶與波灰蝶外型特徵類似,密紋波灰蝶後翅腹面波狀紋列較寬,以致翅腹班紋看起來較密。
  • 具雌雄二型性。一年多世代,多出現於荒地、林緣、溪谷、草原等環境,且因部分寄主植物為園藝植物,所以都市環境亦有機會出現。飛行活潑靈活。成蝶常於樹冠上活動,好訪花,雄蝶有溼地吸水習性。
  • 寄主植物包括了豆科之金龜樹、金合歡、相思樹、摩鹿加合歡、大葉合歡、蘇利南合歡、雨豆樹等。

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