Taxonavigation

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Purlisa
Species: Purlisa gigantea
Subspecies: (2)
P. g. borneana – P. g. gigantea

Name

Purlisa gigantea (Distant, 1881).

Type locality: W. Malaysia, Penang.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

References

• Distant, W.L. 1881. Description of a new species of Lycaenidae from Penang. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 17: 245. BHL Reference page. 

• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 

• Druce, H.H. 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1895(3): 556–627, 4 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 

• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 

• Elwes, H.J. [1893]. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 617–664, pls 43, 44. Text, plates. Reference page. 

• Fruhstorfer, H., [1904]. Neue Lycaeniden. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Iris 16: 310-312. Reference page. 

• Moulton, J.C. 1913. On some new and little-known Bornean Lycaenidae, together with a revision of the Thecline genus Thamala, Moore. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1913(2): 273–283, 1 pl. Text. Reference page. 

• Shelford, R., 1900. Notes from the Sarawak Museum. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 33: 256-261. Reference page. 

• Waterhouse, C.O. 1880–1882. Aid to the Identification of Insects 1; E.W. Janson. London. BHL Reference page. 

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