Purlisa gigantea

Purlisa gigantea, ♀, West Malaysia, from Waterhouse, 1882.

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: Iolaini
Genus: Purlisa
Species: Purlisa gigantea
Subspecies: (2)
P. g. borneana – P. g. gigantea

Name

Purlisa gigantea (Distant, 1881).

Type locality: W. Malaysia, Penang.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonyms

• Iolaus (Purlisa) giganteus Distant, 1881: 245.
• Purlisa giganteus (Distant); Shelford, 1900: 257; Druce, 1895: 602.
• Purlisa gigantea (Distant); Waterhouse, 1882: pl.46; Distant, 1885: 250, pl.21, fig.28; Elwes, [1893]: 640; Fruhstorfer, [1904]: 310; Moulton, 1913: 282.
• Purlisa gigantea gigantea (Distant); Eliot, 1992: 314, 424, pl.47, figs 29,30.

References

• Distant, W.L. 1881. Description of a new species of Lycaenidae from Penang. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine 17: 245. BHL Reference page. 
• Distant, W.L. 1882–1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. xvi + 481pp., 41 pls. London. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895(3): 556-627, 4 pls. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Elwes, H.J. [1893]. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1892: 617–664, pls 43, 44. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., [1904]. Neue Lycaeniden. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Iris 16: 310-312. Reference page. 
• Moulton, J.C. 1913. On some new and little-known Bornean Lycaenidae, together with a revision of the Thecline genus Thamala, Moore. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1913(2): 273–283, 1 pl. Text. Reference page. 
• Shelford, R., 1900. Notes from the Sarawak Museum. Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society 33: 256-261. Reference page. 
• Waterhouse, C.O. 1880–1882. Aid to the Identification of Insects 1; E.W. Janson. London. BHL Reference page. 

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