Philiris azula

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Philiris
Species: Philiris azula
Subspecies: (2) per Sands, 2015.
P. a. azula – P. a. johnsoni

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.

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.

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 (Unpublished).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.