Flos apidanus

Plain plushblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Flos
Species: F. apidanus
Binomial name
Flos apidanus
(Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms

Amblypodia apidanus

Flos apidanus, the plain plushblue,[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.[2]

Range

The butterfly is found in India from Assam (Cachar) to Karens (Myanmar) and from Dawnas to southern Myanmar.[1]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare.[1]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 271, ser no H49.75.
  2. "Flos Doherty, 1889" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

References


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