Flos fulgida

Flos fulgida, the shining plushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm, including India. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863.[2][3]

Shining plushblue
F. f. singhapura from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Flos
Species:
F. fulgida
Binomial name
Flos fulgida
Synonyms
  • Arhopala fulgida (Hewitson, 1863)
  • Amblypodia fulgida

Subspecies
  • F. f. fulgida Sikkim, Assam - Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
  • F. f. singhapura (Distant, 1885) Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo
  • F. f. zilana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) Philippines (Basilan, Mindoro)
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References
  1. Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
  2. Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Flos fulgida (Hewitson, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  3. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9


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