Flos asoka

Flos asoka, ♂, ♀, India, Sikkim, Courvoisier collection NHM Basel.

Flos asoka, ♂, ♀, "Sikkim" 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 asoka

Name

Flos asoka de Nicéville, [1884].

Type locality: Sikkim.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• 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

• 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. 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1914. Neue Lycaenidae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris 28(1): 33–35; (2): 121-137. BHL1; BHL2. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL. 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. 
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok. Reference page. 

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