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Species profile—Philiris diana fortuna

Classification

Animalia (animals) → Insecta (insects) → Lycaenidae (blues and coppers) → Philiris diana fortuna

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Species details

Kingdom
Animalia (animals)
Class
Insecta (insects)
Family
Lycaenidae (blues and coppers)
Scientific name
Philiris diana fortuna Hacobian, Braby & Petrie, 2023
Type reference
Hacobian, B., Braby, M.F. & Petrie, E.A. (2023). A new subspecies of Philiris diana Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the Wet Tropics of northern Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 75(2), 65-78.
WildNet taxon ID
21774
Synonym(s)
Philiris diana diana
Alternate name(s)
large moonbeam (Wet Tropics)
diana moonbeam
Conservation significant
No
Endemicity
Native
Pest status
Nil
Species environment
Terrestrial

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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=21774.

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022