Species Philiris azula Wind & Clench, 1947
Azure Moonbeam
- Philiris azula Wind, R.G. & Clench, H.K. 1947. New Indo-Australian Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 42(1): 1-16 [8].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 27627 ♂ (Wind & Clench designated a holotype), Wau, Morobe District, Papua New Guinea (designated in original description).
Distribution
States
Queensland
Extra Distribution Information
Known in Australia from Iron Range, QLD; extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.
IBRA
Cape York Peninsula (CYP) ; Qld: Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), NSW North Coast (NNC), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Wet Tropics (WT)
Original AFD Distribution Data
Australian Region
- Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
- Indonesia
- Irian Jaya
- Papua New Guinea
General References
Johnson, S.J. & Johnson, I.R. 1984. First record of Philiris azula Wind and Clench (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Australia. Australian Entomological Magazine 10(6): 89-90 [89] (first Australian record)
Tite, G.E. 1963. A revision of the genus Candalides and allied genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Entomology 14(5): 197-259 4 pls [241] (taxonomy)
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