Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Philiris
Species: Philiris hemileuca

Name

Philiris hemileuca (Jordan, 1930).

Type locality: Papua New Guinea.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Edie Creek, Westside of Herzog Mts. 6100ft., early 1928 (A.F. Eichhorn), genit slide No. R. 1955 N.H.B. 1674"; designated by Sands, 1981: 538.

References

• Jordan, K. 1930a. On some new butterflies and moths from Eastern New Guinea. Novitates Zoologicae 35: 277-284, 3 figs. Reference page. 

• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 

• Sands, D.P.A., 1981. The ecology, biogeography and systematics of the tribe Luciini. PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Australia. 2 vols: 1: 1-584 (text); 2: 1-168 (2pls & figs). (Unpublished). DOI: 10.14264/uql.2014.573 Reference page. 

• Tite, G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 14: 197–259, 4 pls, 119 text figs. BHL Reference page.