Philiris hindenburgensis

Species of butterfly

Philiris hindenburgensis

Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Philiris
Species:	P. hindenburgensis
Binomial name
*Philiris hindenburgensis* Müller, 2014^[1]

Philiris hindenburgensis is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Western Province of Papua New Guinea.

The length of the forewings is about 15.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings is dull frosty purple blue, the termen broadly dark brown black. The hindwings are dull frosty purple blue, the costa and inner margin very broadly dark brown.

Etymology

The species name refers to the Hindenburg Wall, the type locality.^[2]

References

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^ "Philiris Röber, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
^ Six new species of Philiris Röber, 1891 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea This article incorporates text available under the CC BY 4.0 license.