Philiris violetta

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 violetta

Name

Philiris violetta (Röber, 1926).

Type locality: South West New Guinea.

Holotype: ♀ not located.

Synonymy

• Candalides violetta Röber, 1926: 376.
• Philiris ariadne Wind & Clench, 1947, Papua New Guinea, Morobe, Holotype ♂ MCZ "Wau"; synonymised in Sands, 1979: 131.
• Philiris violetta (Röber); Tite, 1963: 225; Sands, 1981: 424; Parsons, 1998: 363, pl. 50, figs 1305-1306.

References

• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Röber, J., 1926. Lepidopterologisches (1), (2). Entomologische Mitteilungen 15: 226-230, 372-377. (pdfx2) Reference page. 
• Sands, D.P.A. 1979. New species of Philiris Röber (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 18(2): 127-133. PDF. 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 (Unpublished).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. 
• 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.