Flos areste, the tailless plushblue,[2][3] is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan region that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Tailless plushblue
Flos areste ventral
Flos areste
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Flos
Species:
F. areste
Binomial name
Flos areste
(Hewitson, 1862)[1]
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia areste Hewitson, 1862

Range

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The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim to Assam and the northern and southern Shan states Burma, Thailand to Peninsular Malaya and China (Zhejiang, Guangdong). [4] [5]

Status

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In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare.[4]

Cited references

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  1. ^ Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Amblypodia areste​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "Flos areste (Hewitson, 1862)" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  4. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 272, ser no H49.79.
  5. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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