Philiris

Philiris is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm (New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Molucca Islands and eastern Australia, predominantly in Queensland), mostly inhabiting tropical rainforests.[1] Philiris was erected by Julius Röber in 1891. It is a speciose genus. Tite decided on 56 species.[2] Sands[3][4] added 11 species and placed the taxa into 21 species groups (broadly accepted by Parsons).[5] Most species are on New Guinea. Tite considered Philiris and Candalides Hübner, 1819 to be sisters. Eliot (1973)[6] placed Philiris in Luciini Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914, close to Hypochrysops C. et R. Felder, 1860. Compared to other members of the tribe, Philiris have relatively uniform ventral patterns with usually silvery-white ground color.[1]

Philiris
Philiris angabunga figure 5
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Philiris

Synonyms
  • Philiris Röber, in Staudinger & Schatz, 1892
  • Titea Eliot, 1973

Species

References
  1. Hacobian, B.S.; Braby, M.F.; Petrie, E.A. (2023). "A New Subspecies of Philiris Diana Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Wet Tropics of Northern Australia". Records of the Australian Museum. 75 (2): 65–78. doi:10.3853/j.2201-4349.75.2023.1826.
  2. Tite, 1963 A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Bull. Br. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) (Entomol.) 14 (5) : 197-259, pl. 1-4
  3. Sands, 1979 New species of Philiris Röber (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 18 (2): 127-133
  4. Sands, 1981 New species of Philiris Röber (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from mainland New Guinea J. Aust. Entomol. Soc. 20: 89–96
  5. Parsons, M. J. 1998 The butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their systematics and biology. — London (Academic Press), 737 pp., 26 + 139 pls.)
  6. Eliot, J. N. 1973. More Revisional Notes on Oriental Butterflies. Entomologist 106: 1–15, 10 figs.
  7. Müller, Chris J. (2014). "Six new species of Philiris Röber, 1891 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea". ZooKeys (395): 33–55. doi:10.3897/zookeys.395.7110. PMC 3978236. PMID 24715788.
  8. Parsons, M.J. (1998). The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea. Their Systematics and Biology. London: Academic Press.


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