Philiris helena

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Philiris
Species: Philiris helena
Subspecies: (6)
P. h. aurelia – P. h. aurelioides – P. h. dubitata – P. h. gisella – P. h. helena – P. h. speirion

Philiris helena, <"♂" recte ♀:♀>, from Snellen, 1889.

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

Name

Philiris helena (Snellen, 1887).

Type locality: Indonesia, West Papua, Roon Is.

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

Synonymy

• Pseudodipsas helena Snellen, 1887: 217; 1889: 391, pl. 10, figs 2, 3.
• Lycaena griseldis Staudinger, 1888: 272, pl. 94. Waigeo.
• Candalides parvifascia Rothschild, 1915: 393. Vulcan Is. Synonymised by Tite, 1963: 228.
• Holochila helena (Snellen); van Eecke, 1915: 77; 1924: 41.
• Candalides philotas cineraceus Joicey & Talbot, 1917: 220. Waigeo. Synonymised by Tite, 1963: 228.
• Candalides amblypodina Röber, 1926: 375. S.E. & S.W. New Guinea. Synonymised by Tite, 1963: 228.
• Philiris griseldis (Staudinger); Tite, 1963: 227.
• Philiris helena (Snellen); Sands, 1981: 444; Parsons, 1998: 367.

References

• van Eecke, R., 1915. Studies on Indo-Australian Lepidoptera II. The Lepidoptera collected by the third New Guinea expedition. Nova Guinea, Zoologie 13: 55-79, 3 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• van Eecke, R., 1924. List of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. W. C. van Heurn during an exploration-expedition in Dutch North New Guinea. Nova Guinea 15, Zool.4: 33-56, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.

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