Flos fulgida

Shining plushblue
	F. f. singhapura from the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Flos
Species:	F. fulgida
Binomial name
	Flos fulgida; (Hewitson, 1863
Synonyms
	Arhopala fulgida (Hewitson, 1863); Amblypodia fulgida;

Close wing position of Flos fulgida (Hewitson, (1863)) – Shining Plushblue

Flos fulgida, the shining plushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm, including India. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863.^[2]^[3]

Subspecies

F. f. fulgida Sikkim, Assam – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos
F. f. singhapura (Distant, 1885) Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo
F. f. zilana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) Philippines (Basilan, Mindoro)

^ Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae
^ Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Flos fulgida (Hewitson, 1863)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
^ Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9

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