Nacaduba subperusia, the violet 4-lineblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Pieter Cornelius Tobias Snellen in 1896. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.The upperside is violet-blue, while the underside ground colour is brown or greyish.The underside has white transverse lines, submarginal striae, post-discal and tornal spots. Identification requires examining the male genitalia Fruhstorfer in Seitz Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
Subspecies Nacaduba subperusia subperusia (Sulawesi) Nacaduba subperusia lysa Fruhstorfer, 1916 (Sumatra, Singapore, possibly Borneo) Nacaduba subperusia intricata Corbet, 1938 (Peninsular Malaysia) Nacaduba subperusia nadia Eliot, 1955 (Nicobars) Nacaduba subperusia paska Eliot, 1955 (Palawan, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sula, Maluku) Nacaduba subperusia martha Eliot, 1955 (Roon Island, West Irian to Papua, D'Entrecasteaux, Louisiades)
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External links
Nacaduba at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms