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The tailed green-banded line-blue (''Nacaduba cyanea'') is a species of butterfly in the Lycaenidae family. It is found in the Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia (Queensland).〔(Australian Faunal Directory )〕 The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult males are blue with a dark brown wing margin. There is a pale blue to white patch on the hindwing. Females are white with a broad black border and a row of blue edged black spots.〔(Australian Insects )〕 The larvae feed on ''Entada phaseoloides'' and ''Entada scandens''. They are bright green with pale brown head. The larvae are attended by ants of the ''Anonychomyrma'' genus. Pupation takes place in a brown pupa with dark markings ==Subspecies== *''Nacaduba cyanea arinia'' (Oberthür, 1878) (Torres Straits Islands, Cooktown to Ingham) -Tailed Green-banded Blue *''Nacaduba cyanea carissima'' (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1895) (Timor) *''Nacaduba cyanea chromia'' (Druce, 1891) (northern Solomons) *''Nacaduba cyanea cyanea'' *''Nacaduba cyanea epicoritus'' (Boisduval, 1832) (Waigeu, West Irian) *''Nacaduba cyanea hamilcar'' (Grose-Smith, 1894) (Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago) *''Nacaduba cyanea illustris'' (Röber, 1886) (Kai Island) *''Nacaduba cyanea manto'' (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896) (south-eastern New Guinea, Papua New Guinea) *''Nacaduba cyanea obiana'' (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (Obi) *''Nacaduba cyanea pindus'' (C. & R. Felder, ()) (Bachan, Halmahera, Ternate, Salawati, New Guinea) *''Nacaduba cyanea rosselana'' (Bethune-Baker, 1908) (Louisade Archipelago) *''Nacaduba cyanea smaragdus'' (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893) (Wetar, Kai) *''Nacaduba cyanea sperchius'' (C. & R. Felder, 1860) (Waigeu, Misool, Salawati, W.West Irian) *''Nacaduba cyanea stephani'' (Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1896) (New Guinea) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nacaduba cyanea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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