Flos apidanus

Plain plushblue
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Flos
Species:	F. apidanus
Binomial name
Flos apidanus (Cramer, [1777])
Synonyms
Amblypodia apidanus

Flos apidanus, the plain plushblue, ^[1] is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777. ^[2]

Subspecies

• F. a. apidanus Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Tanahdjampea, Tambora
• F. a. ahamusDoherty, 1891 Assam, central Myanmar, southern Myanmar, Mergui, Thailand, Langkawi
• F. a. saturatus(Snellen, 1890) Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Bangka, Borneo, Belitung
• F. a. xisuthrus(Fruhstorfer, 1914) Nias
• F. a. arahat(Fruhstorfer, 1914) Bawean
• F. a. phalakron(Fruhstorfer, 1914) Northeast Sumatra
• F. a. himna(Fruhstorfer, 1914) Philippines (Mindanao)
• F. a. palawanus(Staudinger, 1889) Palawan, Sulawesi

• 
  F. a. palawanus

Range in India

The butterfly is found in India from Assam (Cachar) to Karens (Myanmar) and from Dawnas to southern Myanmar. ^[1]

Status

In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare. ^[1]

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

1. Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 271, ser no H49.75.
2. Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Flos apidanus (Cramer, [1777])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2020.

References

• 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.