Biology:Flos

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Flos
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Flos anniella
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Arhopalini
Genus: Flos
Doherty, 1889

Flos is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are commonly known as plushblues and are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Close wing position of Flos adriana – variegated plushblue in Buxa Tiger Reserve, Alipurduar, West Bengal, India

Species

  • Flos diardi (Hewitson, 1862) - shining plushblue, bifid plushblue
  • Flos fulgida (Hewitson, 1863) - shining plushblue
  • Flos bungo Evans, 1957
  • Flos kuehni (Röber, 1887) - Kuehn's plushblue
  • Flos anniella (Hewitson, 1862)
  • Flos apidanus (Cramer, [1777]) - plain pushblue
  • Flos arca (de Nicéville, [1893])
  • Flos iriya (Fruhstorfer, 1914)
  • Flos adriana (de Nicéville, [1884]) - variegated plushblue
  • Flos asoka (de Nicéville, [1884])
  • Flos areste (Hewitson, 1862) - tailless plushblue
  • Flos chinensis (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) - Chinese plushblue
  • Flos morphina (Distant, 1884)
  • Flos setsuroi Hayashi, 1981

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1767381 entry