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

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

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