Philiris agatha

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Eulepidoptera Sectio: Ditrysia Subsectio: Apoditrysia Clade: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Philiris
Species: Philiris agatha

Name

Philiris agatha (Grose-Smith, 1899).

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Milne Bay.

Holotype: ♂ MNHU: "Milne Bay Eichh.".

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.

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 (Unpublished). Reference page.

Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 1-766; 767-1107, pls 1-175. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page.

Tite, G. E., 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. nat. Hist. 14: 197-259, 4 pls, 119 text figs. BHL. Reference page.

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