Prosotas russelli

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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 russelli

Name

Prosotas russelli Tennent, 2003.

Type locality: Vanuatu, Penama Province, Maewo Island, west, above Beterara village, 15º06'S, 168º06'E, 40 m.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: 13.iii.2002. (W.J. Tennent).

References

• Tennent, W.J., 2003. Two elusive new Prosotas Druce, 1891 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the New Hebrides archipelago (Solomon Islands and Vanuatu). Butterflies (Teinopalpus) 36: 39-44. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J. 2009. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Vanuatu; Ol buttaflae blong Vanuatu. 192 pp., Storm Entomological Publishing, Dereham, Norfolk, England. Reference page.