Flos chinensis

Flos chinensis
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Flos
Species:
F. chinensis
Binomial name
Flos chinensis
Synonyms
  • Arhopala chinensis C. & R. Felder, [1865]
  • Nilasera moelleri de Nicéville, 1883
  • Satadra lazula Moore, 1884
  • Arhopala asoka vaya Fruhstorfer, 1914

Flos chinensis, the Chinese plushblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Sikkim, Bhutan, Assam, southwest China to Shanghai).[2]

References

  1. ^ C. & R. Felder, [1865] Reise der österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in den Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 unter den Behilfen des Commodore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Band 2. Abtheilung 2. Lepidoptera. Rhopalocera Reise Fregatte Novara
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Wikispecies has information related to Flos chinensis.


Stub icon

This Lycaenidae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.