Philiris fulgens
(Redirected from Philiris kurandae)
| Philiris fulgens | |
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| P. f. fulgens | |
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| P. f. septentrionalis | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Philiris |
| Species: | P. fulgens
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| Binomial name | |
| Philiris fulgens | |
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Philiris fulgens, the purple moonbeam, is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Indonesia, New Guinea and Australia (northern Queensland).
Subspecies
[edit]- P. f. fulgens (Moluccas, Ambon, Serang)
- P. f. bicolorata Wind & Clench, 1947 (Aru)
- P. f. kurandae Waterhouse, 1902 (Australia: Cairns district)
- P. f. septentrionalis Joicey & Talbot, 1916 (Biak, Kapaur)
References
[edit]- ^ "Philiris Röber, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Grose-Smith, Henley (1897). "Lycænidæ (Oriental)". Rhopalocera Exotica. Vol. 3. London: Woodfall and Kinder. p. 8. Pl. 10, Fig. 14, 15.
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