Flos fulgida

Shining plushblue
F. f. singhapura From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Flos
Species: F. fulgida
Binomial name
Flos fulgida
(Hewitson, 1863 [1]
Synonyms
  • Arhopala fulgida (Hewitson, 1863)
  • Amblypodia fulgida

Flos fulgida, the shining plushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm, including India.[2][3]

Subspecies

  • F. f. fulgida Sikkim, Assam - Burma, Thailand, Laos
  • F. f. singhapura (Distant, 1885) Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo
  • F. f. zilana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) Philippines (Basilan, Mindoro)

References

  1. ↑ Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
  2. ↑ "Flos Doherty, 1889" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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