Philiris ziska, ♂, ♀, from early works.

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Philiris
Species: Philiris ziska
Subspecies: (3)
P. z. halmaheira – P. z. titeus – P. z. ziska

Name

Philiris ziska (Grose-Smith, 1898).

Type locality: Indonesia, West Papua, Kapaur.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH : "Type, Kapaur, Type HT, Ziska Gr.Sm. Kapaur. Types ♂♀, genit. slide No. 1961-245 G.E.T.", designated by Parsons, 1988: 371.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1908. Descriptions of butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proceedings of the zoological Society, London 1908: 110–126, 2 pls. BHL. Reference page. 

• Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. 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. 1916. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea (Macrolepidoptera). 182 pp., 2 pls. Zoological Museum, Tring. Text, plates. 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 (Unpublished).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.