Philiris apicalis is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in New Guinea (New Britain and New Ireland).

Philiris apicalis
P. a. apicalis
P. a. ginni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Philiris
Species:
P. apicalis
Binomial name
Philiris apicalis
Tite, 1963[1]

Subspecies

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  • Philiris apicalis apicalis (New Britain)
  • Philiris apicalis ginni Müller, 2002 (New Ireland)

References

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  1. ^ "Philiris Röber, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms