Species profile—Philiris papuana kerri (large moonbeam (Cape York))
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Philiris papuana kerri (large moonbeam (Cape York))
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)
- Scientific name
- Philiris papuana kerri Sands, 2015
- Common name
- large moonbeam (Cape York)
- Type reference
- Sands, D.P.A. (2015). Review of Australian Philiris Rober (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with notes on variation and descriptions of two new subspecies from Cape York Peninsula. Australian Entomologist 42(4), 219-252.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19217
- Synonym(s)
- Philiris diana papuana
- Alternate name(s)
- diana moonbeam
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=19217.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
