Flos fulgida, the shining plushblue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm, including India. The species was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863.Seitz, A., 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9 It is tailed. The underhind dark basal area is continued as a band to the mid-costa.
Subspecies F. f. fulgida Sikkim, Assam – Myanmar, Thailand, Laos F. f. singhapura (Distant, 1885) Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Sumatra, Java, Borneo F. f. zilana (Fruhstorfer, 1900) Philippines (Basilan, Mindoro)
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