Species profile—Philiris nitens (blue moonbeam (Wet Tropics))
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Philiris nitens (blue moonbeam (Wet Tropics))
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Insecta (insects)
- Family
- Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)
- Scientific name
- Philiris nitens (Grosse-Smith, 1898)
- Common name
- blue moonbeam (Wet Tropics)
- Type reference
- Grose-Smith, H. (1898). Rhopalocera Exotica, being illustrations of new, rare, and unfigured species of butterflies. Vol. III. Gurney and Jackson, London.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 19222
- Synonym(s)
- Philiris nitens nitens
- Alternate name(s)
- blue 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=19222.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
