''Flos apidanus'', the plain plushblue,
is a small
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...
that belongs to the
lycaenids or blues family. The species was
first described by
Pieter Cramer Pieter Cramer (21 May 1721 (baptized) – 28 September 1776), was a wealthy Dutch merchant in linen and Spanish wool, remembered as an entomologist. Cramer was the director of the Zealand Society, a scientific society located in Flushing, and a mem ...
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
File:PalawanusMFUpUn 581 AC1.jpg , ''F. a. palawanus''
Range in India
The butterfly is found in
India
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the so ...
from
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
(
Cachar
Cachar district is an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. After independence the undivided Cachar district was split into four districts in Assam: Dima Hasao district (formerly North Cachar Hills), Cachar district alongside ...
) to
Karens
The Karen, kjp, ပ်ုဖၠုံဆိုဒ်, my, ကရင်လူမျိုး, , th, กะเหรี่ยง ( ), also known as the Kayin, Kariang or Kawthoolese, are an ethnolinguistic group of Sino-Tibetan language ...
(
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
) and from
Dawnas to southern
Myanmar
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...
.
Status
In 1932,
William Harry Evans
Brigadier William Harry Evans Order of the Star of India, CSI Order of the Indian Empire, CIE Distinguished Service Order, DSO (born 22 July 1876 in Shillong – died 13 November 1956, Church Whitfield ) was a lepidopterist and British Army of ...
reported that the species was rare.
See also
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List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
This list is based on Evans (1932) and includes 318 species bel ...
Cited references
References
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Flos
Butterflies of Asia
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