Taxonavigation
| Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Philiris
Species: Philiris azula
Subspecies: (2) per Sands, 2015.
P. a. azula –
P. a. johnsoni
Name
Philiris azula Wind & Clench, 1947.
Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Morobe District, Wau.
Holotype: ♂ MCZ: "Wau, Morobe District, New Guinea, Oct. 15, 1932 (H. Stevens)"; MCZ:27627.
Synonymy
- Philiris azula Wind & Clench, 1947b: 8; Tite, 1963: 241, text fig. 93; Sands, 1981: 461; Parsons, 1998: 371, pl. 52, 1361-3.
- Philiris azula azula Wind & Clench; Sands, 2015: 233.
References
- 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 (Unpublished).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.
- Sands, D.P.A. 2015. Review of Australian Philiris Röber (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with Notes on Variation and Descriptions of Two New Subspecies from Cape York Peninsula. Australian Entomologist 42(4): 219-252. 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.
- Wind, R. G. & Clench H. K., 1947b. New Indo-Australian Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 42: 1-16. Reference page.