Subspecies Philiris sappheira manskiei Ring & Olive, 1997

Museums

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• Philiris sappheira manskiei Ring, L.R. & Olive, J.C 1997. The specific status of Philiris sappheira Sands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with description of a new subspecies from Australia. Australian Entomologist 24(2): 65-72 [65].

  Type data:

   Holotype ANIC 3330 ♂ (Ring & Olive designated a holotype), McIvor River road, N of Cooktown, QLD (designated in original description)
  Comment: 155 paratypes were deposited in a number of collections.

  Secondary source:

   Sands, D.P.A 2015. Review of Australian Philiris Röber (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on variation and descriptions of two new subspecies from Cape York Peninsula. Australian Entomologist 42(4): 219-252 [246].

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Known in a small area from near Mt Webb to Isabella Falls, QLD.

Australian Endemic.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

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

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
01-Feb-2016	Luciini	28-Jan-2016	MODIFIED
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		15-Jun-2012	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)