Philiris agatha

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 agatha

Name

Philiris agatha ([{a|Henley Grose-Smith|Grose-Smith}}, 1899).

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay.

Holotype: ♂ MNHU: "Milne Bay Eichh.".

Synonymy

• Holochila agatha Grose-Smith, 1899: 14, pl. 18, figs 7-8.
• Candalides aroa Bethune-Baker, 1908: 122, pl. 8, fig. 7; synonymised by Tite, 1963: 230.
• Candalides gloriosa Bethune-Baker, 1908: 121, pl. 8, fig. 3; ♀ allotype nec ♂ holotype. See Tite, 1963: 230.
• Candalides agatha (Grose-Smith); Grünberg in Seitz, 1921: pl. 145h.
• Philiris agatha (Grose-Smith); Tite, 1963: 230; Sands, 1981: 440.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1908. Descriptions of butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proceedings of the zoological Society, London 1908: 110–126, 2 pls. 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., 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 (Unpublished).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. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. 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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