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 amethysta

Name

Philiris amethysta Sands, 1981.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Central District, Subitana.

Holotype: ♂ ANIC: "NEW GUINEA, Subitana (Central District) 1800ft. August 3, 1949, Wm. Brandt & E.J.L Hallstrom"; ANIC Reg. No. 3300, genit slide No. M520.

Synonymy

  • Philiris amethysta Sands, 1981: 93, figs 13-15; Sands, 1981: 515; Parsons, 1998: 379, pl. 53, 1442-3, pl. 54, 1444-5.

References

  • Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550 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 (Unpublished).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. 
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