Reporting the occurrence of the Variegated Plushblue Flos adriana (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from Garhwal, Uttarakhand extending its known range

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Vidya Venkatesh
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7859-0747

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The butterfly, Variegated Plushblue Flos adriana is reported from Lansdowne, Pauri Garhwal, Uttarakhand, India extending its known range westwards. 

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Vidya Venkatesh, Last Wilderness Foundation, 251-B, Kewal Industrial Estate, Senapati Bapat Marg, Lower Parel (W), Mumbai, Maharashtra 400013, India

Chief Administrative Officer at Last Wilderness Foundation

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