Flos areste
Species of butterfly
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Flos areste, the tailless plushblue,[2][3] is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan region that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
| Tailless plushblue | |
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| Flos areste ventral | |
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| Flos areste | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Flos |
| Species: | F. areste |
| Binomial name | |
| Flos areste | |
| Synonyms | |
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Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim to Assam and the northern and southern Shan states Burma, Thailand to Peninsular Malaya and China (Zhejiang, Guangdong). [4][5]
Status
In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare.[4]
