Flos areste, the tailless plushblue,[2][3] is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan region that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Flos |
| Species: | F. areste
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Range edit
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 edit
In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare.[4]
Cited references edit
- ^ Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Flos areste (Hewitson, 1862)" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ 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.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
See also edit
References edit
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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