Species Philiris ziska (Grose-Smith, 1898)

Museums

Regional Maps

• Holochila ziska Grose-Smith, H. 1898. Rhopalocera exotica, being illustrations of new, rare and unfigured species of butterflies. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 3 215 pp. [1892–1897] [Pt 43, p. 11].

  Type data:

   Lectotype BMNH ♂, Kapaur, Irian Jaya (designated in original description)
  Comment: Grose-Smith in the original description mentioned both sexes but not a type.
• Candalides pratti Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1908. Descriptions of new species of butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1908: 110-126 [122].

  Type data:

   Holotype BMNH ♂ (Grose-Smith in the original description mentioned a type), Fak Fak, Irian Jaya (designated in original description)
  Comment: 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 [244] (referred to a type).

  Type locality references:

  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.

 

Generic Combinations

• Philiris ziska ziska (Grose-Smith, 1898).

 

Distribution

States

Queensland

Extra Distribution Information

Extralimital distribution—Indonesia (Irian Jaya), Papua New Guinea.

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
• Indonesia
  • Irian Jaya
• Papua New Guinea

Ecological Descriptors

Larva: herbivore.

Extra Ecological Information

Larval food plants not recorded from Australia, but on mainland New Guinea, larvae feed on Trophis scandens (Moraceae), which also occurs in northern QLD.

 

General References

Common, I.F.B. & Waterhouse, D.F. 1981. Butterflies of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xiv 682 pp. 49 pls. [465]

D'Abrera, B. 1971. Butterflies of the Australasian Region. Melbourne : Landsdowne Press 415 pp. [373]

Kerr, J.F.R. 1967. New records of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) in Australia and a description of a new subspecies. Journal of the Australian Entomological Society 6: 49-51 [49] (first recorded from Australia)

Parsons, M.J. 1984. Life histories of four species of Philiris Röber (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea. Journal of the Lepidoptera Society 38(1): 15-22 [15] (life history of in Papua New Guinea)

Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea; their systematics and biology. San Diego : Academic Press 736 pp. [371]

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 [243]

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023	PAPILIONOIDEA	12-Jan-2023	MODIFIED	Dr Michael Braby (ANU)
05-Mar-2013		05-Mar-2013	MODIFIED
30-Mar-2012		30-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
28-Mar-2012		28-Mar-2012	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)