Flos apidanus

Plain plushblue
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
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, 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.

Subspecies

• F. a. apidanus Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Tanahdjampea, Tambora
• F. a. ahamus Doherty, 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.

Status

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

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

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. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)