Flos areste, the tailless plushblue, Retrieved April 20, 2018."Flos areste (Hewitson, 1862)" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan region that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Range The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim to Assam and the northern and southern Shan states Burma, Thailand to Peninsular Malaya and China (Zhejiang, Guangdong). Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9
Status In 1932, William Harry Evans reported that the species was rare.
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See also List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
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