Description

• Common Name : Bandedline Blue
• Scientific Name : Prosotas aluta (DeN)
• Family : LYCAENIDAE
• Wingspan : 23-25mm
• Colour : Pale shining blue-violet with broad dark borders.
• Habit : Insect of thick, moist forest and heavy jungle, flies rapidly, settles often on bushes. Photographed at Chilapata forests.
• Larval Host Plants : not recorded.
• Location : North Bengal

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