Prosotas dubiosa
In 3 days ~10% in a week ~30%
Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue or small purple lineblue, is a blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia to Australia. The species was first described by Georg Semper in 1879. Unlike many other species in the Prosotas genus, P. dubiosa does not have hair-like filaments ("tails") protruding from its hindwings, thus the tailless in its common name.
Prosotas dubiosa subardates (Piepers & Snellen, 1918) - Java, Sulawesi The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and peninsular India and the Himalayas from Sikkim to Assam. The range extends onto Myanmar and Yunnan, and, possibly Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Sumatra, Borneo and Java. Possibly Philippines and Sulawesi. Further east the butterfly occurs in Australia, New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. In Australia the butterfly occurs from Northern Australia to New South Wales (Coffs Harbour).
List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae... Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cuc Phuong National Park | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | |
| 2 | Kaeng Krachan National Park | 🇹🇭 Thailand | |
| 3 | Kakadu National Park | 🇦🇺 Australia |
Rare
Under 5% of wildlife watchers report a Tailless Lineblue sighting in Guangzhou on a given day, based on 12 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 230th most-seen of the 482 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 10%, and over a week to about 30%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May–June and November
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Tailless Lineblue in Guangzhou on a given day, against under 5% in July–October and December–April, the lowest months. Those are among Guangzhou's wettest months, with about 210 mm of rain a month against 30 mm in December.
Between 10 am and 1 pm
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Tailless Lineblue sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
20th of 21
Of the 21 cities where we can rate Tailless Lineblue sightings, Guangzhou ranks 20th at under 5%. The best odds are in Jabalpur (India, about 30%), Tuen Mun (China, about 20%) and Salem (India, about 20%).
Same family: Lycaenidae
The closest relatives of the Tailless Lineblue that you can see in Guangzhou (family Lycaenidae, Gossamer-winged Butterflies) are Pale Grass Blue (about 10%), Plains Cupid (about 10%) and Abisara echeria (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Tailless Lineblue is recorded against all the insects logged in Guangzhou (12 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
