Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Philiris
Species: Philiris helena
Subspecies: Philiris helena helena

Name

Philiris helena helena (Snellen, 1887).

Type locality: Indonesia, West Papua, Roon Is.

Lectotype: ♂ RMNH, "Rhoon Isl", designated by Sands, 1981: 445.

References

• Joicey, J. J. & Talbot, G. 1917. New lepidoptera from Waigeu and Biak. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 8(20): 216-229. Reference page. 

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

• Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On the Lepidoptera in Tring museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands. Novitates Zoologicae. 22(2): 192–208; 22(3): 387–402. 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 (Unpublished).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. 

• Snellen, P. C. T., 1887. Nouvelle espèce de Lépidoptère de la famille des Lycaenides. Notes from the Leyden Museum 19: 217-218. BHL. Reference page. 

• Snellen, P. C. T., 1889. Aanteekeningen over Lepidoptera van Nieuw-Guinea. Tijdschr. Ent. 32: 377-400, pls 8-10. text, plates. Reference page. 

• Staudinger, O., 1888, in Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. 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.