One individual of female Prosotas gracilis Röber, 1886 was collected from canopy of tropical forest in Lanyu, representing a lycaenid butterfly species unrecorded in Taiwan. This Prosotas species is widespread but uncommon throughout the Indo- Australian Region. The individual found in Lanyu may be a straying one from the Philippines, or P. gracilis may actually inhabit Lanyu, but seldom sighted as it may be a canopy-dweller.