Nacaduba

Nacaduba
Nacaduba hermus from Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Nacaduba Moore, 1881[1]
Species
Numerous, see text
Synonyms
Hypojamides Riley, 1929 Pepliphorus Hübner, 1819 (suppressed)

Nacaduba is a genus of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). It contains many of the species commonly called "lineblues". As they are the genus initially erected to contain all lineblues, they might be considered the "typical" lineblues, as opposed to the species relatives now separated in Catapyrops, Prosotas and Petrelea.

Selected species

• Nacaduba angusta (Druce, 1873) - white lineblue
• Nacaduba berenice (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - rounded six-line blue
  • Nacaduba berenice leei Hsu, 1990
• Nacaduba beroe (Felder & Felder, 1865) - opaque six-line blue
  • Nacaduba beroe asakusa Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Nacaduba biocellata (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) - double-spotted line blue
• Nacaduba calauria (C. Felder, 1860) - dark Ceylon six-line blue
• Nacaduba cyanea (Cramer, [1775]) - tailed green-banded line-blue
• Nacaduba helicon (Felder, 1860) - pointed lineblue
• Nacaduba hermus Felder, 1860 - pale four-line blue
• Nacaduba kurava (Moore, 1857) - transparent six-line blue
  • Nacaduba kurava therasia Fruhstorfer, 1916
• Nacaduba pactolus (C. Felder, 1860) - large four-line blue
  • Nacaduba pactolus hainani Bethune-Baker, 1914
• Nacaduba pavana (Horsfield, 1828) - small four-line blue
• Nacaduba sanaya Fruhstorfer, 1916

References

1. Nacaduba at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera

External links

• Media related to Nacaduba at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Nacaduba at Wikispecies