Flos asoka, ♂, ♀, India, Sikkim, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.
Flos asoka, ♂, ♀, "Sikkim" from original description.

Taxonavigation

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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 asoka

Name

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Flos asoka de Nicéville, [1884].

Type locality: Sikkim.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

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  • Nilasera asoka de Nicéville, [1884]: 78, pl.9 figs 6,6a.
  • Satadra chola Moore, 1884: 39, TL: Sikkim ♂ BMNH.
  • Arhopala asoka (de Nicéville); Bethune-Baker, 1903: 118.
  • Arhopala asoka vaya Fruhstorfer, 1914: 130, TL: Hong Kong ♀ BMNH. Synonymy in Evans, 1957: 132.
  • Flos asoka (de Nicéville); Evans, 1957: 132; Pinratana, 1981: 105, pl.18 fig.9; D'Abrera, 1986: 585.

References

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