''Flos'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...
. The species of this genus are commonly known as plushblues and are found in the
Indomalayan realm.
Species
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Flos diardi
''Flos diardi'', the bifid plushblue, is a species of lycaenid
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer- ...
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(Hewitson, 1862) - shining plushblue, bifid plushblue
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Flos fulgida''
(Hewitson, 1863) - shining plushblue
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Flos bungo''
Evans, 1957
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Flos kuehni''
(Röber, 1887) - Kuehn's plushblue
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Flos anniella''
(Hewitson, 1862)
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Flos apidanus''
(Cramer, 777 - plain pushblue
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Flos arca''
(de Nicéville, 893
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Events
By place
Europe
* Vladimir of Bulgaria, Vladimir, ruler (''Khan (title), khan' ...
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Flos iriya''
(Fruhstorfer, 1914)
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Flos adriana''
(de Nicéville, 884
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Events
By place Europe
* March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and ...
- variegated plushblue
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Flos asoka''
(de Nicéville, 884
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Events
By place Europe
* March 1 – Diego Rodríguez Porcelos, count of Castile, founds and ...
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Flos areste''
(Hewitson, 1862) - tailless plushblue
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Flos chinensis''
(C. & R. Felder, 865
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Year 865 ( DCCCLXV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* King Louis the German divides the East Frankish Kingdom among his three sons. C ...
- Chinese plushblue
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Flos morphina''
(Distant, 1884)
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Flos setsuroi''
Hayashi, 1981
External links
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"''Flos'' Doherty, 1889"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Arhopalini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by William Doherty
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