Philiris is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm (New Guinea, Bismarck Islands, Molucca Islands and eastern Australia). Philiris was erected by Julius Röber in 1891. It is a speciose genus; Tite decided on 56 species, Sands added 11 species and placed the taxa into 21 species groups (broadly accepted by Parsons Most species are on New Guinea.Tite considered Philiris and Candalides Hübner, 1819 to be sisters. Eliot (1973) placed Philiris in Luciini Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914, Species Philiris agatha Philiris albicostalis Philiris albihumerata Philiris albiplaga Philiris amethysta Philiris angabunga Philiris apicalis Philiris aquamarina Philiris argenteus Philiris azula Philiris baiteta Philiris biplaga Philiris bubalisatina Philiris cadmica Philiris caelestis Philiris cyana Philiris diana Philiris dinawa Philiris doreia Philiris elegans Philiris fulgens Philiris gloriosa Philiris harterti Philiris helena Philiris hemileuca Philiris hindenburgensis Philiris hypoxantha Philiris ianthina Philiris ignobilis Philiris ilias Philiris innotatus Philiris intensa Philiris kumusiensis Philiris lavendula Philiris lucescens Philiris maculata Philiris marginata Philiris mayri Philiris melanacra Philiris misimensis Philiris moira Philiris moluccana Philiris montigena Philiris nitens Philiris oreas Philiris pagwi Philiris parsonsi Philiris petriei Philiris phengotes Philiris philotas Philiris philotoides Philiris praeclara Philiris putih Philiris radicala Philiris refusa Philiris remissa Philiris satis Philiris scintillata Philiris siassi Philiris sibatanii Philiris subovata Philiris tapini Philiris tombara Philiris unipunctata Philiris vicina Philiris violetta Philiris zadne Philiris ziska References External links "Philiris Röber, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Luciini Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Julius Röber