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Flos asoka

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Flos asoka
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. asoka
Binomial name
Flos asoka
Synonyms
  • Nilasera asoka de Nicéville, [1884]
  • Satadra chola Moore, 1884
  • Arhopala asoka vaya Fruhstorfer, 1914

Flos asoka or Spangled Plushblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Thailand - South China and Hong Kong).[2]

References

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  1. ^ de Nicéville, [1884] On new and little known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 52 Pt. II (2/4): 65-91, pl. 1, 9-10
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
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