''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 Hindenburg may refer to:
Film and television
* ''The Hindenburg'' (film), the 1975 film
* '' Hindenburg: The Untold Story'', a 2007 television docudrama
Places
* Hindenburg, a village in Templin, Brandenburg, Germany
* Hindenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, ...
, the type locality.
Six new species of ''Philiris'' Röber, 1891 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea
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References
Butterflies described in 2014
Luciini
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