Flos

For other uses, see Flos (disambiguation).

Flos
Flos anniella
Scientific classification
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

• Data related to Flos at Wikispecies
• "Flos Doherty, 1889" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms