Flos areste

Flos areste, ♂, ♀, India, Assam, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.

Flos areste, ♀, N. India, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Arhopalini
Genus: Flos
Species: Flos areste

Name

Flos areste (Hewitson, 1862)

Type locality: India.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Amblypodia areste Hewitson, 1862: 10, pl.5 figs 43,44.
• Satadra patuna Moore, 1884: 40.
• Amblypodia arestina Evans, 1925: 638.
• Flos areste (Hewitson); Evans, 1957: 132; D'Abrera, 1986: 585; Smith, 1993: 43, pl.20A figs A12,A16.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T. 1903. A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London 17(1): 3–164, 5 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1925. The identification of Indian butterflies, Pt.8. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30(3): 610–639, pl.28. BHL. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1957. A revision of the Arhopala group of oriental lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Entomology 5(3): 85–141. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1862. Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum. London, British Museum. 15pp, 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera; chiefly from specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal 53(1): 16–52. BHL Reference page. 
• Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior), India. ISBN 974-88810-7-5 Reference page. 

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