Philiris nitens

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 nitens

Name

Philiris nitens (Grose-Smith, 1898).

Type locality: Australia, Nth. Queensland.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "N. Queensland." Genit. slide No. Gen. 1962-436 G.E.T.

Synonymy

• Holochila nitens Grose-Smith, 1898: 107; Grose-Smith & Kirby, 1890, (Or. Lyc.), pl. 20, figs 3-4.
• Philiris kamerungae Waterhouse, 1902: 650, Queensland, synonymy in Sands, 1980b: 82.
• Philiris nitens nitens (Grose-Smith); Tite, 1963: 240; Sands, 1981: 499.
• Philiris restricta Tite, 1963: 241, HT. Queensland, Cedar Bay, (A.S. Meek) ♂ BMNH Rh. 16844; synonymy in Sands, 1980b: 82.

References

• Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of Oriental Butterflies. Novit. zool. 5(1): 103-110. BHL. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page. 
• Sands, D.P.A., 1980b. The identity of Philiris nitens (Grose-Smith) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with description of a new subspecies from Papua New Guinea. Aust. Ent. Mag. 6: 81-86. 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 (Unpublished).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. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae, 2. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 27(4): 648–653. BHL Reference page.