Philiris sappheira

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 sappheira
Subspecies: (2)
P. s. manskiei – P. s. sappheira

Name

Philiris sappheira Sands, 1980.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea.

Holotype: ♂ ANIC 3297: "Papua New Guinra, Rouna Falls, Central Prov. 28 June 1975, 550m, D. P. Sands".

Synonymy

• Philiris nitens sappheira Sands, 1980: 82, figs 7-10; 1981: 499, 501; Parsons, 1998: 369, pl. 57, figs 1343-1344.
• Philiris sappheira Sands; Ring & Olive, 1997: 65.

References

• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Ring, L. R. & Olive, J. C., 1997. The specific status of Philiris sappheira Sands (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), with descriptions of a new subspecies from Australia. Australian Entomologist 24 (2): 65–72.
• 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 (Unpublished).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.