Philiris helena helena

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 helena (Snellen, 1887).

Type locality: Indonesia, West Papua, Roon Is.

Lectotype: ♂ RMNH, "Rhoon Isl", designated by Sands, 1981: 445.

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.
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 griseldis (Staudinger); Tite, 1963: 227.
Philiris helena helena (Snellen); Sands, 1981: 445; Parsons, 1998: 367.

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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 (Unpublished).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.