''Flos'' is a genus of
butterflies 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 butterf ...
. The species of this genus are commonly known as plushblues and are found in the
Indomalayan realm.
Species
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Flos diardi''
(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
''Flos anniella'' or darkie plushblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson
William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surr ...
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(Hewitson, 1862)
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Flos apidanus''
(Cramer, 777
777 may refer to:
* 777 (number), a number
* AD 777, a year of the Julian calendar
* 777 BC, a year in the 8th century BC
* Boeing 777, a commercial jet airliner
:* Boeing 777X, the newer generation of the Boeing 777.
Art and entertainment Alb ...
- plain pushblue
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Flos arca''
(de Nicéville, 893
__FORCETOC__
Year 893 ( DCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
* Vladimir, ruler (''khan'') of the Bulgarian Empire, is dethroned by his fat ...
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Flos iriya''
(Fruhstorfer, 1914)
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Flos adriana''
(de Nicéville, 884 - variegated plushblue
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Flos asoka''
(de Nicéville, 884
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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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