Flos apidanus

Plain plushblue
	Flos apidanus 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.^[2]

Subspecies

F. a. apidanus Java, Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Tanahdjampea, Tambora
F. a. ahamus Doherty, 1891 Assam, Central Burma, South Burma, 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

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

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

^ ^a ^b ^c Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 271, ser no H49.75.
^ "Flos Doherty, 1889" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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.

Asahi Correctly determined photos of A. apidanus (as Flos apidanus) from the Philippines

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