Flos chinensis, ♂, India, Assam, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.
Flos chinensis, ♀, Nepal.

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
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
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 chinensis

Name

Flos chinensis C. Felder & Felder, R., [1865].

Type locality: China, Shanghai.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH .

Synonymy

  • Arhopala chinensis C. & R. Felder, [1865]: 231, pl.29 fig.10; Bethune-Baker, 1903: 118, pl.3 fig.1, pl.5 figs 19,19a genit..
  • Nilasera moelleri de Nicéville, 1883: 80, pl.9 fig.4♂,4a♀, TL: Sikkim; Sibsagar, Upper Assam.
  • Satadra lazula Moore, 1884: 40. TL: Sikkim, ♂ BMNH.
  • Arhopala asoka vaya Fruhstorfer, 1914: 130. TL: Hong Kong ♀ BMNH.
  • Flos chinensis (Felder); Evans, 1957: 132; D'Abrera, 1986: 585; Smith, 1993: 43, pl.20A fig.15.

References

  • D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., [1884]. On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 52: 65-91, 3 pls. BHL text, plates. 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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